Her sweetness
could not protect her
from
the world.
Instinctively
what frightened her
was
the void.
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Imperfect memory
assembled into broken conversation
and a residue
of incomprehension.
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Cold air
gleamed icily
into a doorway
and swirled across
the darkness
of
the city.
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The winter dark
tracing brambles and
the soft rustle of frosted leaves
slid into
creaking limbs.
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I roamed the city
where
prostitutes smoked thier cigarettes
and I wondered
about the
courage
of the ordinary.
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The quiet turmoil
of whispered rumors
spread
apprehension
in the strangers.
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A deep quiet and sadness
shaded my youth.
Hushed introspection
a distortion of memory.
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silent times
enter spare bedchambers
and part one moving soul
from the homely creatures
they tend.
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empty streets
asking
about the congested square of old.
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A simplified life
brought out
a devotion
to
his imagination.
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