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patients - patience (09/21/2016)
Take in those gulps
Those long, patient breaths.
the shuddering, creaking reminders,
flowing through empty halls
carrying with it
a salted, stinging brine
called retribution;
exaltation thru exhalation.
a hush
a loosening of eyelids tightly shut
running blood, piping hot
thru cooler humors, once stung
by memory, we are a mercy
to ourselves, forgetful fools
benign, in the burning f...
Thursday 22nd September 2016 1:23 pm
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