Thursday, September 24, 2015

Poem That Comes Before Sleep






Poem that comes before sleep

I have lost you
pretending   discretion
more a word
than choice
say it isn’t    true
we know our path
biographies written
in hands we held
took you away
easy as sleep   turned
dream you were gone
as children wake screaming
from nightmares   in sleep
you were quiet
against dreams of going
as though my choice
night comes
I say   too soon
too soon
have I lost
other hands
to this




Autumnal Equinox 2015

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