A Few Words for Today 11.11.2023
I understand.
There’s no graceful way to acknowledge
It.
Life’s ebb and flow is keenly sharp
Given time.
Even for all, that is in deep waters,
Reveals what is concealed
Better left unsaid,
the things we cannot change.
Currents take us,
Best drift and let it be.
The outward motions deceive none.
Sweetest things dissolve… While hard places put up a fight..
Hard pressed to remember your face, after the hours are few and far between.
The scent eventually dissipates from the shirt, and grows salty instead amid the crumpled bedsheets…
Plans cease to be discussed among good friends…
The kindling smokes,
but the flame cannot be seen….
Only- the scent fades eventually.
The perfume bottle, used sparingly,
Will still empty in time
Or spoil
We cannot see the way any longer…
I have the Pearl
but who brings the Egg?
Where is my egg?
Please
Meet me in the cave and
whisper it softly in my ear,
Lest I cry again.
Bring the light
Hold the light up for me
Please…
Reveal my shadow gently
and show me the way.
Please show me the way.
I’m lost
11.11.2023
Erica St. Amanze 