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Notice

We can’t craft beauty,

can only unveil it

in sheer draperies

one at a time,

or pungent onion layers peeled,

or even the tender horror

of scabs off wounds.

 

It will find us if we look,

perching on our hearts

that have grown like patient cedars

to be homes for wings,

reservoirs of song.

 

I don’t mean pretty,

and even loveliness is fleeting;

beauty is everywhere,

inviting us to notice.

Published inPoems