Saturday, June 25, 2011

becoming strangers

the wind knocked out of me,
punched in the stomach,
averted eyes,
swallow a stone,
ashamed--all my fault
the phrase thunders in my head,
unforgiven clangs like
the midnight hour's toll.
i watch my heart drop
past my stomach
down to my toes,
then shuffle quickly by
without a glance
everywhere I look
unavoidable
proof of becoming strangers.

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