Liturgy
By Numbers Peppelini
Embraced within her bosom
I sit at the edge of her bed intrepid fingers trembling
opening the burnt musk oak jewelry box
I listen to Debussy's piano concerto
“ Clair De Lune “
alone in this awkward twilight
this lonesome room …..
You speak to me
and I get lost
in your words
I close my eyes
to touch their meaning
I can still smell
your sweet essence
here next to me
amidst the waning light
of this empty room
though you cling
like the jealous
forlorn lover
to the frigid stare
of a pale wintry moon
you run
with the intrepid abandon
of a child
to the wild coyote
and revel
in his chilled foggy breath
as I empty
my loneliness
to the sky
to the pain of losing you
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