Tagged: dark

it’s two a.m., and

it’s two a.m., and
i cannot find sleep in a
last round of hide-and-

go-seek. playing in the dark
encourages avoidance
.
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in every lifetime

in every lifetime
and every culture, there will be
zombies or mummies

waiting for you in the dark –
bring your curiosity
.
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somewhere above a

somewhere above a
forest, a bird drops the seed
of a poem, and it

skims the treetops, instinctively
landing where there’s enough darkness
.
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the foreseeable

the foreseeable
future forces us to put
our dreams on hold, wedge

our imagination in
dark places, stop breathing in
.
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there is something and

there is something and
nothing cute about finding
a salamander

in the dark or a lizard
in your bedroom – we both freeze
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: freeze

sunday evening

sunday evening
sorting for a
monday morning
breeze, matching
socks in the dark
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: socks

when the heart aches in

when the heart aches in
the middle of the night, there
is nothing for it –

the body trembles like an
empty house next to the tracks
.
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even with great care

even with great care
and painstaking
cultivation, there
will be differences
in response, variations
in growth, and
deviations to
the degree in
which one turns
towards the dark
.
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the last time i dressed

the last time i dressed
up for you, we were
twenty-two
and unsure
of where we stood
with one another.
someone was playing
the piano on
stage, and, in the
dark, your
hand drifted
over. and then,
an entire
symphony.
only now
could we
recognize
the simplicity
.
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stumbling into

stumbling into
the fog of love
looks like
this – sisters
whispering
in the dark,
still searching
for one another,
examining each
other’s heart
.
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