needles

rain

perfect winter storm
pries up the gray roof shingles
and drips on the bed

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immerse

time won’t protect me
I still continue to age
respond with breath

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tender

the sea burnishes
stone to glisten in the sun
bright in your closed eyes

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morning

smells free in my dreams
till I feel the thin mattress
open my eyes and see

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torment

he screams in the night
then startles himself awake
no one else heard him

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before

the seed sprouts
there is a moment of doubt
was all that work preparing
the soil worth the pain

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