Lace

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Lace, black on white,
My delicate opaque
Made of a million woven
Facets and wiles.

Today you unravel me.

Soon you'll find
The measures of my
Vast patience
Are not boundless.

Palms outstretched, I hang on thin.


--Alicia (2011)

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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

May becomes a memory as mist
Diffuses in afternoon sun,

As smoke
Rises in light rain.

Who knows how or where
It's gone.

--Alicia (2011)


I catch myself counting losses these days. I'm not sure how to do life right now: what's supposed to happen next, where I should go, who I should be.