Friday, July 3, 2015

Troubled Valentine

If the truth depended
on our fool’s telling
we’d really be in trouble
(as it too would be)
but gradually the truth
with its quiet face
and child’s grace
depends on no one
having been an orphan
from shortly after birth
then raised by wolves
bullied by long winters
finally honed to an edge so fine

you never feel the blade
hand you your heart

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