Sunday, April 5, 2015

Draped Over the Arm of a Disappointed Angel

My feet are tired from this unyielding dance--
blistered and broken from the meaningless effort.
My mind is blurred from a swirling that does not bring joy--
this kind of amnesia is numbed from misuse of unimportant pink gauze.

To make things worse,
I caught a glimpse of unkind words
describing my profile
in the mirror.

I am stooped as all losses are,
always lacking the source of an arabesque,
and my soul is draped like a death cloth
over the arm of a disappointed angel.

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