“Unexpected Beauty”
By Ashley O’Hare
My heart is beating
outside of my chest,
miles away
in the moon’s crest.
I thought it would be safest
out in the wild.
The numbness-
once a sharp chill
has become blanket of snow.
There is an
unexpected beauty
to the pain.
From where I lay,
it is the one thing
I can rely on
to never leave.
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