Sunday, January 2, 2000

smile at the weeping tree

what could it be
sitting unravelling
trying to understand
when he lost control
hearing the pathetic cries
louder by day
always trying to do something
even nothing has become a chore
don’t know him any better
than on the first day
rain on the mind
Isis in his ear
saw a smile under the huge
weeping willow
holding a flower
half expecting him to eat it
watching him drift
at the river’s edge
sinking slowly since then
floating from the edge
still cuts him every time
questioning any and all reality
pushed in his way
he can’t find words
to describe the mess
no one ever sees him eat
says he eats alone
still walking each morning
little more numb than the previous
anesthetic trying to make sense of that
tried with no luck
where is the justice
no one has been close to him
in a year or more…

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