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1. White Curtains

Heavy white curtains
fight to keep the golden sun
out of her bedroom
They look like her wedding dress
yards of weighted, dusty lace


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2. Empty Bed

I lay in bed, cold
sheets hold your shape beside me
my soul holds nothing
though newly gone from my bed
you are long gone from my heart


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3. Monument

When I first met you
I wanted to carve your name
in the solid stone
Somewhere along the line
I must have confused stone with sand


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4. Broken Vase

Like a child tries
to repair his mother's vase
with tender fingers
You are only gentle with
things you've already broken


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5. Smile

Her dark eyes are blind
She's told they are beautiful
at those words, she laughs
and her smile is like sunlight:
it does not reach her eyes


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6. The Moon

The full silver moon
sits on her throne in the sky
and I envy her
I know she is with you
every night, while I sleep alone


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7. White Curtains II

On her wedding day
White-web curtains lock the sun
out of her bedroom
They look like her wedding dress
a white flag of surrender


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8. Winter Lullabye

I hear out love song
as I curl up on the couch
by the fireplace
I hear the scratch of your pen
on sheets of cold white paper


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9. December

White snow will soften
the edges of your tombstone
Did you know? This snow
is the first I've faced alone
Your grave looked colder in June


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10. The Tree

Black against the sky
a single tree on the hill
moans in the night wind
When she thinks no one can hear
I know she is lonely, too


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11. The River

The frozen river
is a solid sheet of ice
beneath the surface
the crystal water sleeps safe
where no one looks too closely