09-23-2015, 08:05 AM
(09-08-2015, 02:01 AM)rayheinrich Wrote:Ray, this is truly brilliant and moved me deeply . I especially like the lines i try/ the chisel slips/your red becomes the roses. It's about being human. Thank you. Grace.
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< between summer and night >
and through the door
the porch
the roses
then the path
the marsh
the bay
i look down at the wood
the wood i'm carving started with a face
it turned to yours
i carve the wood
i feel the press of splinters
as the chisel waits for me
to hold it to your face
the porch
the path
that leads down to the marsh
the beach
the bay
the smell of roses
fixed between the summer and the night
i try to copy them
to copy you
i only have this chisel
much too sharp to press against your face
i try
the chisel slips
your red becomes the roses
as the chisel slips again
and cuts my fingers
that can only bleed
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