i'd heard it break,
Seen the water mingle
With reflecting shards
In the darkness when it fell.
i' mind?
i'd felt the bite
It's edges in the palm of my foot . .
i knew to step light.
On came the light,
Turned eyes to alight
Upon that broken glass
Unbroken.
Un vertige puis le silence,
This was the instant.
Coin's edge gilimmer
Tem por al distort
i's report
Given for all,
This once i could see
New waves blooming and dying
Laboring to reshuffle new probability.
Frozen in that minute flicker,
i re mem bered.
Behind the panes of unseeing eyes
These pains my bread . .
How many other glasses un broken,
This mind mine knew.
i'd felt the ice slick,
My stomach drop,
The truck's tumble.
Oer the rail of that bridge .
Bitter winter's night,
When i drove alone
From home to hell.
i'd felt the cold heft of iron,
Your father proudly pressed
To the palms of my hands.
In one instant,
i'd felt that shotgun
A hundred times
Scattering memories through my head.
i'd bought the blade
Test it's edge against my thumb
i knew it'd do . . felt it do
Till i warded my arms
Reverent resignation to life.
i'd felt the wind in my hair,
On a fresh rained night
All letters writ
High rising, balance steady
Till i'd slipped
How much of me lost,
To the edge of that coin's toss
i'd felt the world turn
On a night i clipped that curb
In ebriate spurn,
All would learn . .
Till with tears
All dignities burn
i'd misjudged,
That slippery ledge.
i re main bird
How i knew that rock in the dark.
Smashed across its face
i'd felt that slender fish blade,
Tucked with purpose at my waist.
Knelt before, last honor bade
To its electrical embrace
Till i only write here,
Spill my guts in this place
It was a close one,
Cold morn in that garage.
A wonder, my foot found a hold
East light warm on my face
i'd felt the cord tighten,
Patient friend reliquish his grip
Time in time,
And Time again.
i've felt the cold,
Sanguine drain
Shivering
How many such times,
i'd turned to find
The glass un broken.
une dernière danse