Wednesday, June 17, 2009

a response to my love- stevie smith

A child of words
spitting on flowers,

God, that haven
I longed for
peculiar belief
and absolution


God, that never came
to me in wake-dreams.

So I wouldnt meet
in apology
or redemption

with knife
neatly gripped
to the wash
of any throat
to my reflection.

I would
vanish.

1 comment:

Emma said...

I thought you said that you were only going to put the worst up here...

Bravo, darling.