Avoirdupois

Merry
Love
Together rejoice
Marry
Age
Avoirdupois

Again the Morning

Again the morning of the undertaking
Of laughing children and starving dogs
Of headphones and solitude
Again the happiness of afternoon
The anticipation of the hurried
In the magic of smothered light
Again the intimate forsaken night
Does ache as the heart in a hurt reborn
For the donning of tomorrow's armor

M

Through mourning storm
In cloud and gloom
Of Acheronian twilight
Fell
Soul and dust, fired and star-forged
Into womb
And her arms of light