if you had died
i could have kept your love
and bronzed your memory
like little baby booties on
the mantle over the fireplace
instead you lived
and ran with love away
and left me with an urn
the ashes of your love
whose form i can't discern
(C)2001, Christos Rigakos
May 1, 2012
May 1, 2012 at 10:12 AM UTC
if you had died
i could have kept your love
and bronzed your memory
like little baby booties on
the mantle over the fireplace
instead you lived
and ran with love away
and left me with an urn
the ashes of your love
whose form i can't discern
(C)2001, Christos Rigakos
