Cancer
Shoulders broad, wide
the weight rest.
more is piled on. because
there is more room.
the night guarantees the dawn.
but the night is where it happened.
between the finish and the start
and in that order
when they are not watching.
more weight.
craving the load.
hating the heaviness.
knowing the sun is there.
The brightness of the moon insures its distance
the hours
the hours 11, 12, then 1 again
lucky enough to not know.
to not know the dawn by name
but only as day
but that is where it started
that is where the end started,
that day, that day before
the end
the cancer has told a story.
it told the worst story, one with out an end
the finish nor the start separate themselves.
only the hours in-between.
11, 12 then 1 again
heaviness accumulates.
shoulders broad, wide
to stare at the sun light.
rather its reflection in the moon,
to understand light,
to not be blinded by it,
that is night.
that is the end……….just before the beginning……and in that order
Copyright © Logan Holliday | Year Posted 2016
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