Saturday, November 9, 2013

redemption redux

I was compassionate
once
I told stories,
saved lives
then the stories spread
and I saved a world

but what have I done lately?

I sit on my straight chair
I offer no light
to the world or to the room
I destroyed just one moment,
pissed it away in forgetfulness,
struck at everything in malice

the world I had saved
collapsed in torn ligaments,
its Atlas, trembling, impotent
in space

now the one I gave life to
fancies that she can
return me to grace

good luck, my love
my sweet daughter

I gave up long ago
I hope
you succeed

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