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Tuesday, September 2, 2008

for herself.

oh, the late nights, the hindsight, the
light once burning, now dwindling.
is there any kindling for a fire once felt so strongly,
now wrongly dim, now faltering, whose flames
now flicker slimly so? i do
not know.

copyright your grief. write it down,
don't be brief. there is no need to short-
en your sadness. trace the leaf,
finger its veins, every day nothing is
the same. the wind came. there is
relief.


be still --- close your eyes ---
at last, she speaks.





[felt deeply, composed just now, copyright she]

1 comment:

candacemorris said...

you gave me goosy pimples.

i am off to ponder in the hot bath.

god, i love being alive at night.