Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Song of Ourselves

Self-Portrait Asleep in the Tomb of Mererula at Sakkaara (Duane Michals) 

          


When I ceased striving

long enough to realize

I was starving

for unconditional love

          those who cared most

          were dead


The rest of my life

          rendered desperate


What we all want

          is too much to ask


Things happened

          I don't want to tell you about

But some things

          happened to you too.








—with ultimate lines from Hedgie Choi's Salvage.