After several days of adjustment
\nWe sit variously in the porch
\nLooking out here or there
\nAnd listen to the beating
\nOf each other’s lives
\nHow this or that failure
\nOr disappointment
\nOr sleepless night
\nOr missing heartbeat
\nConfounds us confines us
\nHow paths have disappeared
\nDisappointed distanced
\nAnd how we will soon
\nReturn to those vanishing paths
\nThose mountains of dead ends
\nAnd maybe never dare to leave.<\/p>\n
The silence in the porch
\nIs devastating
\nA bird swings on a twig
\nLofts into brief flight
\nDisappears —<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After several days of adjustment We sit variously in the porch Looking out here or there And listen to the beating Of each other’s lives How this or that failure Or disappointment Or sleepless night Or missing heartbeat Confounds us … Continue reading