I've Gone Away by Lisa Marie BrodskyShow me the way to go with the least possible pain
The geese have exploded upward
out of the lake
Ive been away
Ive been away too long
I dont know who to call I have no womb
to return to I curl and curl
become a small pale thing you can hold
in your palm
Ive been away
Ive been away too long
I spin and I spin until I have
rings like Saturn
Im behind museum glass
an exhibit from 100 years ago
I was a fighter back then
Theres no time to waste
Between the body of who we are
and the mind of who we become
is the physical act of longing losing
of loss
filling our throats like water
Ive been away
eyes crusted closed Ive been
away too long
02/20/2007 Posted on 02/21/2007 Copyright © 2024 Lisa Marie Brodsky
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