This Poem was Submitted By: Rachel F. Spinoza On Date: 2001-01-13 15:34:32 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Perfect Intentions

I meant to come to you in spring to hear the river crack cocoon  of ice,  to see  red-headed crocus  crest and bloom inside the pink of may. And then,  I meant to come in fall and watch the screaming leaves cremate in charcoal pyre of sacrifice  bereft of burning witch or saint. I meant to come in winter too for conversation's frozen breath  assailing us in tiny shards of ice and truth. It has been summer now for days all things are melted,  pliant, soft  except your face and stiffened arms  are cold as Heaven's polar plate    I meant to come, I meant to come,  forgive my lurking at the gate, I meant to come,  but circumstance, that thoughtless fool   made me too late.

Copyright © January 2001 Rachel F. Spinoza


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