Skin that heals, sores that no longer
ache, hope that croons on candlelit...
The notice before me is a parasite,
no longer matter that I'm musing over...
I am reflected in every shopping window,
half mutt, half widow of Wall Street...
...
The day mourned as if every tree base
was a rueful cry that became softened...
I took my daughter Beth to our backyard apple tree
where lambent sunshine chased soft-sung sparrows...
Make a wish upon
Candlelight Avenue...
The art of dreaming does not come from fantasizing...
but arises from the flaming core of one's soul...
I blame myself for staying weak
without guiding and praying daily...
You held your heart to my chest
so I would remember the pound...
You wrote me an ekphrasis
reflecting upon my fingers...
.
Meditate on what we have now...