1985-10-25

Hurt drawn across her
hanging fragile
in brittle, painful self-control.
What to say…
in a heart-storm.

No longer slash and tear
rip and run
but another note there
that I cannot recognize
in Rose of 15 years.

gallagher
25 Oct 85


— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

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1985-10-25

Come the clouds of the empty spaces
like snow drifting into my memories.
I feel that empty ache
and see faces that may now be
only photograph memories.

Love and aging and unfolding;
these flowers in our lives
that bloom with such passion
and fade so hard
against relentless time.

Chris at six, only once.
Every moment precious, unstoppable.
Blood and love, kinship there,
my soul divided.

See how it is…
We bet our lives so utterly
in the stories we’re weaving,
the beds where we sleep.

gallagher
25 Oct 85

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

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