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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

i thought of you once

the windows are broken
the doors are down
but the room lives on
*
through our love
i have found meaning
in my life
that did not exist before
as more than a hope
if not a promise
*
we create these perfect moments together
something between us is completed
like an equation
an algorithm
a proof
as simple and as difficult
as hugging the only person
you could ever love
*
in my eyes you are perfect
even your doubts
your hesitations
your absences
provide and sustain
my certainty
*
my only secret from you
is the pain of our partings
i smile encouragement
and hold you in my heart
empty handed
and still i hold on
*
i thought of you
once
in everyway imaginable
one day i will walk out
into the world alone
and never return
but as a black bird
who speaks to you in another
tongue
from the other side of life
filled with my longing
for you
that not even death
could stifle
*

for terri clark

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

caesarian

i had a caesarian section during my therapy session
she pulled the child out of my womb drowning in blood
what kind of man are you?
she asks me
as i wipe the blood from its eyes
and recognize myself
with the same look vacillating between stunned dread
and spontaneous joy
*
for suzann