You blink and look and stare
and stare
As if trying to find the snag in the dream
the catch in the sweater
the cards hidden up someone's sleeves
The meaning of this miracle that tapped you on the elbow
in a coffee shop last week
bright with a smile and a "how are you doing?"
accusatory eyes searching, wanting to know
if you still kept the ashes
of a flame,
clung to the warmth
of a trail
listened for the thrum
of a heartbeat
long cold.
As if trying to find the snag in the dream
the catch in the sweater
the cards hidden up someone's sleeves
The meaning of this miracle that tapped you on the elbow
in a coffee shop last week
bright with a smile and a "how are you doing?"
accusatory eyes searching, wanting to know
if you still kept the ashes
of a flame,
clung to the warmth
of a trail
listened for the thrum
of a heartbeat
long cold.
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