sometimes i gotta leave the sunshine to you

Jul 01, 2010 14:55

but i don't believe in stormy weather




photo by historygradguy

We can never be with loss too long.
Behind the warped door that sticks,
the wood thrush calls to the monks,
pausing upon the stone crucifix,
singing: “I am marvelous alone!”
Thrash, thrash goes the hayfield:
rows of marrow and bone undone.
The horizon’s flashing fastens tight,
sealing the blue hills with vermilion.
Moss dyes a squirrel’s skull green.
The cemetery expands its borders-
little milky crosses grow like teeth.
How kind time is, altering space
so nothing stays wrong; and light,
more new light, always arrives.
At Thomas Merton's Grave -- Spencer Reece

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everything is going to be alright, i promise

prompts, june 19 10

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