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  >> Static Item >> Poetry >> Personal >> ID #1715920  |   Show DetailsPrinter Friendly Page Tell A Friend
memory of rain
can't stop forever from falling ~
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                   the cycle returning
                   as red light to cinder
                   a place near enough
                   i learn to begin
                   and wanted for more
                   than moments could give
                   more than these colors
                   black and blue ribbons
                   shadows another
                   october
                   the color of clay
                   washed out by living
                   came as we dreamed
                   (far away floating)
                   swept us away

                   til nothing was left
                   but waves on the grass
                   rocks once we grew
                   orleander
                   fences now fallen
                   the boards could not hold
                   one more nail
                   we would give it
                   and begging to stand
                   would hold all we had
                   gathered a lifetime
                   (together)

                   no longer the fields
                   burdened with cotton
                   we might stand at the edge
                   filling bags
                   with our reasons
                   but we can't stop forever
                   from falling
                   we can't stall
                   the memory of rain

                   soaked to the skin
                   drunk with forgetfulness
                   for one yesterday
                   I'd give up the fight
                   to float as a tiny
                   white blossom to sail
                   (spinning)
                   past everything
                   (I remember)

                   to wake
                   without dreaming of land
                   a place somewhere
                   (far)
                   past returning
                   water unfaithful
                   as truth into seed




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