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Moonlight Sonata

Published April 25, 2012 by rlmcdermott

and so this wintering
is a chilling by degrees
the sting of loss
slowly frosting all I love
or all that might
have ever loved me

where are those
easy days of light
the long walks
beside a blue lake
the yellow coneflowers
the sun’s burning kiss

now I am all shadow
and sadness
at this slow goodbye
this fading into gray
that has become my life

you could have loved me
but you were too afraid
mistaking all this death
for who I am

while all this time
I was in the color
undamaged and intact
ablaze with life
and its sweet repititions

The Meeting

Published March 30, 2012 by rlmcdermott

When I come

in the room

it comes with

me that long

slow thing that

sings and sings;

 

And, yes, I fear

it now, its yellow

face, its great hibiscus

heart–there is no magic

that can save me

from its bright blooming.

 

And, so, this wounding

is a piece of you,

a piece of me, grafted

on a paper tree;

you died for love

and I was born bereft–

a man with a cross to bear,

a woman with a heart that dared.