an additionally relevant villanelle June 29, 2006

Another Young One
Cry for the mother’s tears that run
down the callus of faces hardened by years,
as they weep and they bury another young one.
The soft petals fall pale as the funeral flowers have begun
their decay to the earth with the sorrows of death. They silently
cry for the mother’s tears that run.
Grief like the delicate web [...]

to stay June 20, 2006

@~~>~my heart broke today in quadrillions of tiny atom pieces. i choked in the tears that seeped out the edges of my eyelids, squeezed them shut as tight as a resistant clamshell and just breathed, letting all of my breathe escape me. it wasn’t the terrifying breaking when you feel like the world is crumbling [...]