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Month: December 2019

Cattle

Cattle

that was

no way

to die

haunted by

that was

no way

to die

those dying days

that led to death

saved you

from the suffering

I would

so many hard things

of this world

experienced and observed

and often thought

just why

why does it have to be

this hard

why did it have to be that hard

isn’t there another way

has to be

… a better way

and I remember what you said to me

on a sunny-blue sky-bird breeze-day

and how I didn’t understand

how you could say such a thing

such a terrible thing

on that sunny-blue sky-bird breeze-day

I didn’t understand

TL

Stars at Night

Stars at Night

broomstick trees

are swaying

in the rain

swept away the leaves

bare as bone

were it not for the lights

of Christmas

who could bear it

alone

TL

The Kite

The Kite

birds in a

V

invisibly attached

to the kid

in me

unwinds in the sky

like a wake of water

before the fog lifts

or a traction of snow

a sled left

or the trail of a gown

as it glides

away

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Awareness

Awareness

time is

but

temporary

so sayeth

the fallen petal

where they bury thou

underfoot

above the sky

so blue

the sun sits

with clouds

before it sleeps

and wakes again

the day no longer new

to one

yet to the other

brief before it breaks

in infancy

there were no words

aware the light

shadows in the room

the heart is heard

beating in the chamber

beyond what is real

the music plays

offstage

TL