11/07/2008

Fanning the Ashes

I have buried you
with the others. I carry
your name that is not sound
on my lips, like a broken cup,
like a dark, vacant corner.

Sometimes at night, I feel
your heart like fiery feathers
fanning the ashes; your heat
rising up in my blood. What love
have I from the warm, vibrant world

while you live in another?

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