Category: time
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Now (Audio)
Once bright. Source of strength and direction. Once comforter. Now quietly desperate. Stoic face. Bruised Soul. Bright smile with dead eyes. No relief. Sources of joy now steal strength like the opening of a vein. Shallow half breaths maintain the body between sighs. Life is played in minor chords, note by excruciating note. Time has…
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The Picture – Fifty One and Five Sixths
I am not accustomed to seeing myself Looking at that photo, appraising it with no reference except itself Shyness arose and I averted my eyes But curiosity sent my gaze back again Who was that looking back at me There under the flesh of my fathers Hint of recognition Something in the eye seemed familiar…