Dating : Talisman

From a mortal chain,
the weight of what
you lay upon my neck
is heavy and aglow,
hanging low enough
to yield its shape
into a mirror pool
collecting near my navel,
like a lagoon, claiming
each rock and bloom
that slumbers by its side,
reflecting everything
that is and is to come

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