Tuesday, April 12, 2011

I woke up with 'Love left the room' hanging around my mind

Love left the room
We missed it
Saw his shell still sitting there
and thought he was inside
Felt his children running around
and mistook them for him
in the lightning flashes of their eyes

Love left the room
Discreetly,
Staying embedded in her devotees
but long gone from their daily temples
She submerged out of form

Love left the room
Became slowly apparent
in his absence
After dragging afternoons
saturated in ironic sunlight
cut into empty wintry nights,
one frosty back curled up against another

Love left the room
Her presence dissipated into focus
on what those hearts held
Running with the children
Profound and spacious in the mountains
Open to the river’s harmony
And that one union
slipped out the door

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