Sunday, July 17, 2011

A Parting Gift

The eyes carry
a story.

I should dive inside
that liquid center
comb the wreckage
for what I know
but have no memory
of seeing.

Drown, just enough
so God can show me-

the moment
before he left-
his small apartment, Los Angeles,
his baby girl.

Maybe he paused
to take one last look-

at the shimmery ceiling, the dull heat,
her delicate face
and whispered in her ear
a tender goodbye.

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