Friday, August 20, 2010

St. Bernard of Clairvaux


I wanted

to soften you up,


to peel you

like an onion.


I held your skin

up to the the light


and it turned

my whole world

warm.



brittle.

I would call it brittle.


everything snapped

in an instant.


my life

unrolled.


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