Day 25
I claim I know who I am and how, what to write down, but nighttime, wet snow falling presses me …
I claim I know who I am and how, what to write down, but nighttime, wet snow falling presses me …
a clean sheet of paper hides every sin, each fumble and misspelling, so you think God spoke to me clean …
I wonder if the beams from streetlights singe your fine needles, exhaust you, if only true dark can heal you
rushing her work, damp snow plunges through night air, knowing full well her fate is to dissolve and river-away come …
when you tell of youth, and risk, and being bold, you do not reveal the cloister in your heart — …
is it a god or a black cat that crosses my path in these woods? am I cursed, sainted, lost, …
that dark corner may recall years past as it sighs – drowsy, in a haze – that I was here …
gray tree branches hover over dried-damp grass – last year’s growth – chimes ting on the steady breeze remind us …