Possession
I always owned the sky; the sky was mine From the moment I first looked up at it, and felt All the enormous tender brilliance shine Into my wondering heart, where is has dwelt Unceasingly. I own uncounted millions Of starts, though using only two or three, And as for clouds, of course, I’ve many […]
The Odd One
I was the one who never learned to walk I was the one who had to be explained Strangers inquired if I could even talk I could, when they weren’t eying me with a pained Commiserating glances. No one can Hold conversation with a pitying look. So while other children played and ran, I was […]
Lanterns and Lamps
My parents carried light with them, for they Lived in days when people made their own Or did without. The lantern’s frosty ray, When Dad came late form milking, always shone As it a star were coming home to us, And if I called a midnight, goblin-harried, The shadows fled and night grew luminous Before […]