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Lighting the candle,
the room's darkness deepens.
Again I hold my breath
and wait for Sacredness
to enter.
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in my dreams I run
down hallways, searching
what was it you said
about love's greatest sacrifice
before you turned away?
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after you're gone
I take my time washing,
preparing for bed
clouds gather in the darkening sky
and thunder sounds in the distance
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your 20-year mustache gone,
you come to me grinning
then kiss me tentatively
searchingly
like a new lover
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long after you've gone
I stand beneath the moon
listening to the night
your last words
still shattering the silence
Tanka Splendor Award 1999
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