I'd always denied myself the pleasure
of intimacy and kindness
of loving and companionship
thinking these things folly
but every day you ground me
to reality and to see
I could not survive this long
without remembering
to plant my feet into
solid, claggy dirt
once more
Prompt 11: Can't believe I've made it over a third of the way. The temptation to go back and edit the absolute mess I've published is overwhelming but, alas, on we go. This time, we were encouraged to write a love poem. The title is taken from a beautiful June Jordan piece called A Poem for Haruko. My partner gave me June Jordan's poetry as a gift once so it fit right in.
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We Are All Burning In Time
Poetry''Faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.'' - Hunter. S. Thompson ''We are all burning in time, but each is consumed at his own speed.'' - Jack Gilbert This NaPoWriMo I have missed the entire month so I have decided to...
