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Date Posted: 13:18:29 06/08/01 Fri
Author: Leisa*)
Subject: Saline in the Mist

Saline in the Mist

She's flipped this time,
nothing new
We all saw it was coming

and sometimes
you can't stop
a runaway train
it has to run its course

Fall hard
pill yourself
no one is out
to get you

Conspiracy theories
don't hold water
this time

A vacant star
lent only for
moment's pleasure
dies in the trees
you planted
last fall

The roses will be
up soon
to greet a new day
you have to make
your own
as you wish,
as you need

No time to linger
in a bed of thorns
that pricks
under the skin
where pills wear off

My own mind gallivants
through the breeze
on a day like that
but snaps back
just before the black
tomb seals shut

You have to carry
what you have to carry
and there's no getting around it
We all lie
in sheets
that have been
torn, rent and sewn
as the seeds we plant
along the way

By and by
it only gets better
when we allow the sun
back in
warm heart
not ready
for final farewells

Come back
and sit in this ocean
with me
let's talk
about all the things
you missed while
you were away
Away, caring for the dying
who needed you

It's time
to tend to self

I'll lend you my wisdom
knowledge I gathered on the way
but you have to open
up deep inside to hear
it all, grasp on to anything
that resonates
with you

Hold close your own soul
and let it bleed until
it's finished

Sorrow has its own
time line
and you cannot stop it
only bury it
which leaves
ghosts
to resurface
at will
when you least expect
or welcome them

Come sit
we'll have coffee
on the pier
walk down among
the starfish
and sand dollars
by the shore
that are left whole
cleansed from the
saline in the mist

Leisa*)
06.08.01

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