

StretchingI cried today. I cried for all the days that will never be the same, And the days that will be. I cried for the changes in my life, And the constances in my life. I had thought that everything would be better After I had abandoned everything that once was me. But I had not counted on this thing. The thing that ties people to others. I cried today for everything I left behind. No matter how far I am from everyone else I am still connected to them. The connection however is stretched over miles And it's like being put on the rack. The pain is unbearable. IStretching


As My Grandmother Dies As the moon awakens I travel the hour to a hospital that is foreign to me. I walk through the back door and past the nurses station. The phrase, “visiting hours are over,” does not apply to me. I walk down the hall to a door that is different from the rest of the white ones. It’s different because behind this one my grandmother lays on the brink of death. I stand in front of this door with my hand above the knob and inhale deeply, preparing myself for the sight I’m about to see. I open the door slowly so as not to make it creek, my grandmother is asleep and IAs My Grandmother Dies


unqualified after midnightYou opened the old curtainsunqualified after midnight
with your wood-dry fingertips.
They were heavy
and the cloth yawned morning-breath light
into my face and it took my eyes
about five minutes to adjust.
I was unable to speak.
Three days later, I managed to spit out
an unclear ‘I never stopped loving you’ when really,
I should have unclogged my thirsty throat
and said how much I love those dimples
by your mouth.
I should have confessed how I want to climb inside
and rest there forever,
but we did not have time for that many words. &
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Make Tea, Not Love.
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"My mind may have wondered farther than my body, but never fear for I shall one day catch up to it and put a leash on it." ~Me
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Make Tea, Not Love.
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"My mind may have wondered farther than my body, but never fear for I shall one day catch up to it and put a leash on it." ~Me
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So don't resist,
We shall exist
Until the day,
Until the day, I die.
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"My mind may have wondered farther than my body, but never fear for I shall one day catch up to it and put a leash on it." ~Me
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Make Tea, Not Love.
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"My mind may have wondered farther than my body, but never fear for I shall one day catch up to it and put a leash on it." ~Me
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