A Weight to Drop
~ djl

First line originally used in
Li-Young Lee's "Weight of Sweetness"

"No easy thing to bear, the weight of sweetness"
So lovely and so distant
Beyond the grasp of reason
Beyond what I can hold

I need to see your face
To see your face
Not through the goggles of distance
But clear eyed and open

To be able to speak to you
And see the flash that I know is in your eyes
Your eyes that want to pierce me
Pierce my armor
And maybe pierce my heart
How am I supposed to know?

Your sweetness is so distant
I pray for evidence
But now it's fallen
I finally gave up on you
Even if I shouldn't have
I gave up on you
My beautiful burden.



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