Total Eclipse
I am so grateful That I understand the math and science Well enough To know that god has not blotted out the sun. And I understand math and science and mystery enough To know That God has blotted out the sun.
Tiresias
Forty days and five years ago, you said dunsinane would never come to Birnam and a good woman born of a good family would live the life I wanted. you tried to save me from my fate with tragic truth. like a wild-eyed prophet eating honey and locusts, you tried to give me five years…
equivoke
Someday I will write All the right words That say here What you want to hear illuminating a new thought Though you cannot see. The ocean between us Will shallow And our complicated problems Will become complex With the right words In the right order With the right intonation And intention Materialize as an incantation …
Forgetting
There are things you want to forget like that night you fell and broke your arm, and it broke my heart to know all the harm that had been caused by a simple fall, but you want to remember the love the love of it all. There are things you want to forget like that…
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Grief
With no grave to visit,no place for my grief.The loss that I feelIs it real, is it? No memorial service.No eulogy to write.Nothing to view,Without this, is it worse? A life lost forever.I can't imagine it's gone.Tears with each songA relationship severed. I still live, without you, by your choice and my need,Without hope for…
He is not able for her.
He’s not able to meet it where it is. Not where she is But where it is. The relationship becomes a third person The Holy Spirit created by love between us That neither of us can truly reach Except in making love Or holding hands But words and deeds won’t get you there To the…
regret
For a long time I have regretted my answer to the question I wish I had answered differently Followed intuition and said what I felt What I knew was right What I wanted to say For a long time I have imagined If I had answered differently What would have followed What I would have…