Antarctica

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such a seemingly unbreakable beauty
she was.
the very wildest of the wild.
the freest of souls.
a testament to the wonder
this universe holds.

pure.
outrageous.
undiluted.

she danced and she
danced
to the beat
of the only drum she knew.
a most mysterious maverick,
too forcefully perplexing
to let anyone
tell her
what she should,
or shouldn’t
do.

if only
she had thought
to tell
them.

a relic
from the days of nobility and respect,
the illuminating flicker of wildness
that fortified her rugged heart
grew weary,
as the shadows
of the new world
bared down
upon her chest.

even the most majestic of titans
can wither
when the world moves on,

and so it was.

but alas,

she did not wither
alone.