All I recognize<\/p>\n
is absence<\/p>\n
yet I have no definition<\/p>\n
to explain absence<\/p>\n
as if in a trance<\/p>\n
where not black<\/p>\n
not symbols<\/p>\n
of time, nor distance.<\/p>\n
I try to lift my foot,<\/p>\n
but never move<\/p>\n
one place is the<\/p>\n
same as another.<\/p>\n
strangely, sound<\/p>\n
penetrates, echoes,<\/p>\n
my movements make noise,<\/p>\n
but nothing is real,<\/p>\n
I see a book, floating,<\/p>\n
I hear the petals fall,<\/p>\n
from flowers without<\/p>\n
scent, colorless,<\/p>\n
the absence is a bridge<\/p>\n
between the true and<\/p>\n
the imagined is not<\/p>\n
enough to become<\/p>\n
replacement for life<\/p>\n
not a replacement<\/p>\n
for adoration, not love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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