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Irving MacPherson
Poems
Oct 2015
The Closet
There was a time
When you could move mountains
With your smile, and the earth
Was such a beautiful bridge.
Now Ursa dips deeply into
The dark well of sky while
Little sister plays hide and seek
Perishing thoughts that ride down with bitter cool
Our birth has been breached
As we cling tight to earlier yearnings
And the wailing wall sounds
A whisper to the cry in my mind
How can you or I claim innocence
When we have both been here before
Shall we cast down our glance in shame
Having lied through eyes of stolen charm
Those times when in spirit
Our fingertips would brace
Prying open closed doors
That had been slammed shut
By a life swung hard
What fear brings this memory
Doesn't every tree stand alone
Until you look below the ground
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Irving MacPherson
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