Grief swells fierce
From deep inside
Chambers of my Heart,
Chambers pulsing with magma.
No, I realize, feeling it now,
Feeling hot sad heat rise
From deep down inside my guts.
Alone at work,
Sitting at my desk and staring at reflections,
I see only memories
Of Love forever gone.
Storms pour in from the ocean.
As I look outside the window,
A wall of tall cedars and firs
Braces against the wind,
Then surrenders in a wild sea of heaving green.
And the rain pours.
The rain pours.
And the rain pours.
And what was once deep, shared love
Rushes into the sewers of the city to
Live forever lost at sea.
William Dudley Bass
Tuesday 20 & 28 November 2012
Shoreline/Seattle, Washington
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