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Teardrops had fallen 
and wrung my heart dry 
too weak to cry
sweat had trickled down
to feet and palms
hiding in my bulging 
eyes. 
I had searched 
for three days
trembling at a doorknob 
locking the masked one 
to open the bandaged one
doorknob to doorknob 
the night  of a mind  
searching the labyrinth 
of a deadened heart 
hoping for life.
I had waited on the waves 
to return my cry
combing the sand 
sniffing your scent
among the putrefied
begging the fish to vomit up 
a lock, a foot, an eye
waiting on the waves 
to return my cry
my heart jumped
stretching my lips smiled: 
“I know you. My eyes see you”
I ran ahead of my arms 
to embrace my life! 
Four steps on the sand 
where there were only mine
Because you live I live. 
I wasn’t ready to see you die.


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