Sunday, September 6, 2020

quiet sorrow: a cento

 

can you read?
 Sorrow cannot

like not reading the garden snake 

crawling up to the door saddle to die

don’t be afraid 

 

 

can I find you in the dark?

Sorrow does not say

nor is Sorrow happy to see me 

I am happy the world

is breaking open 

 

 

Evelyn Alfred