I remember...

You have a thing

about abandonment –

being left alone

and sometimes when I do –

leave you on your own

for a while –

the panic takes hold

and the blame sets in

and the fear

runs out of your body

turning over into words

sometimes, harsh phases.

I remember – shut up.

Then later the tears

as you comprehend

I am human – I am here

until the light falls off into black -

that glorious light of our memories

swallowed at the edge of an event horizon

and a black hole

of a new life turns

ever smaller – and ever larger,

into a final immense density

of energy –

pure love.

J.E. Dorsey – aka. Doug Claybourne – 07.21.10

Rev. 10.30.10

Copyright © Doug Claybourne 2010. All Rights Reserved.