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The Scarlet Lowercase Letter
Their marriage sanded down by cruel retorts:
Abrasive tongues, inflammatory words.
In happy times, the sand remained contained.
The shattered vows preceded shattered glass.
The splattered sand returned to wedding site.
The scattered multicolored grains were free.
As grains were blown by wind, their spirits sank.
Surrendered severed squandered scarlet sand
Subject to whim of wind, the selfish air.
The glass protection gone like wedding rings.
The symbols pawned for insufficient pay.
The years of love destroyed by months of hate.
But sand does seek escape from bottled glass.
It longs for heat of beach or cold of sea.