The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 5/28/08

"Your Success Just Has to Catch Up With You"

Wanting more of what you won't get
is a strange light to see by.
Close your eyes to time, identity.
The world is still there. All
the sheepskins hanging off the
mantel name your sins, a
rosary of shame. The only
excuse is that you didn't
know any better.
You join the war and find
life and death the same soldiers
on either side; no footprints
are left, no birds on the
branch. Your lover
glides up the driveway in a
pointy green car the color of
your heart. The only trouble
is he's with his new girl.
You almost see a bluebird
near the box but it's
a leaf in shadow.
I guess there's no investment
but in going to your own garden,
stepping out of a raw river of coals
that gives no more red light. Be
alone in your own house even if
upstairs they struggle
to continue building. Surround
your spirit self. Enter the air fully
as an explorer who will plan
your own love after death.
Imagine a day with music and sunshine
beginning. Now will be the peace
that passes understanding.
Will you meet me there?

—Grace Cavalieri

I'm not really sure why, but I love the sound of this one...

Thank you for it!

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