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Tears of a Ghost (for Courtney)


Hangnail Moon
God,

It is so sad for us
that all we can do
sometimes
is care.

That we cannot
through force of will
twist the shape
of space and time
to suit our ends,
however noble.

Thus we become
as ghosts, all of us-
creatures of wisp and dust
glued together only with memory...

Able to reach out a cowbwebbed hand
but never to grasp,
our tears dry as a bone.

Left then to leave
things just as they are:
with no muscle to flex
but a wish,

no power but of hope,
no prayer except
the whisper of our care.

The stars may steer our course,
but they cannot light the path
nor warm a heart

nor can we stop
the world turning
even as we flail
against the next instant
to have it our way.

forever, HM

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