Subtle ChangeA Poem by John M. HammondWork in progress...maybe?Thoughts reflected, complicated by—endless waiting—for a sign that things are changing within the relationship: warm and filled with life threatening to open up wounds considered long-healed. (Necessary distance: (given) rise to hope for a better solution) to the complications of this disastrous venture; lying awake at night entertaining the infinite potential of the intertwined (choice or fate?). Skipping ahead to fleeting reward: impossibly virtuous patience—non-existent, (deaf to pleas of immediacy, urgency—urging) the day to give way to the night giving way to day: endless, perpetual.? The Tree of Life cries out (to/for nourish)ment the leaves withering—branches hunching, craving brilliant photosynthesis: atoms attached to atoms whisper their secret knowledge across galaxies. © 2008 John M. Hammond
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1 Review Added on August 27, 2008 AuthorJohn M. HammondSeattle, WAAboutAh, the dreaded about me section. I write for me. Currently, I am trying to branch out and write about the normal day-to-day things that I notice. I usually write about my emotions which, for me, is v.. more..Writing
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