tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5137783170240423063.post5370174104720845749..comments2023-09-27T08:20:53.275-04:00Comments on arcana arcanissima: i feel the half that is missing... Prunella Vulgarishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08406854591968722235noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5137783170240423063.post-46609639202968446852014-03-24T23:05:50.759-04:002014-03-24T23:05:50.759-04:00hope you get some healing rest and maybe a bit of ...hope you get some healing rest and maybe a bit of peace <br />A life should leave<br />deep tracks:<br />ruts where she<br />went out and back<br />to get the mail<br />or move the hose<br />around the yard;<br />where she used to<br />stand before the sink,<br />a worn-out place;<br />beneath her hand<br />the china knobs<br />rubbed down to<br />white pastilles;<br />the switch she<br />used to feel for<br />in the dark<br />almost erased.<br />Her things should<br />keep her marks.<br />The passage<br />of a life should show;<br />it should abrade.<br />And when life stops,<br />a certain space—<br />however small—<br />should be left scarred<br />by the grand and<br />damaging parade.<br />Things shouldn't<br />be so hard.<br />-kay ryanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com