Saturday, May 13, 2017

hope: merge with the large




money, always, easily slipped

through my fingers

lands that i tried to own also slid

quickly from my hand



the bed i slept in the night

someone else secretly

occupied in the day



the juvenile bird i cuddled

in my bosom

to give warm comfort and a nest

flew away to build her own



my remains too, soon

the fire will consume

leaving, perhaps, my soul

to merge with that larger soul

that welcomingly smiles

from behind the veil



© henry victor




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