The common domestic pair,
Measured in units of misery,
Not happiness, not love.
The heaviest moments tip the scales,
And all the airy, ethereal ecstasy
Cannot be the ballast
That brings us back together
In the face of such despair.
It fills a room like humidity,
So dense the doors stick
In their swollen jambs
And make slamming less of a period,
More of an ellipsis,
So that we somehow manage the building up
And cannot fathom the breaking apart
When all that weight, that dense element
Falls around us,
Shaking our foundation.
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
It's much easier to share
- It's much easier to shareSadness on common shoulders,To settle tragic memoryLike incense in a room,Than the perfumeThat is Joy.That pleasant, fresh-bakedHappiness is less,Just less, and distressIs such sweet punch to swallow.I should have sensedThe heady lingering scentIs too great, that its
- Pesky presence seems a slight.
- It's not. It assists as it stings
- To smooth the lines
- Binding two distinct times,
- Soothes as it bites.
Friday, April 13, 2012
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