Monday, November 10, 2014

To Avoid Fear

All I've done to avoid my fear
Of being quiet and alone
Not for a moment or a day

But for eternity, shut up
Like a nun, in service of
Always other duties than here

No laughter or recompense
I dare myself today to allow
I'm matter. I matter.

Quietly like all chance daughters--
Objects, I accept these drawn boundaries.
All I've done to avoid my fear

Of being alone and quiet
For an eternity of other worlds
Is a delusion within an illusion.

11/6/2014

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