"We read to know we are not alone..."

QUOTES READ

I have no time now

to sit weathering sorrow

or what I’ve read of it

in quote after quote that always get

Inside my head going round and round

to remind my spirit of its definition,

I think about how easily I remember words from dead writers:

“We read to know we are not alone”

but loneliness seems the better hunter at times

slashing, slashing, finishing, conquering,

She doesn’t care that

I’ve written and rewritten

dates, times, and names

that don’t remember me

though I hoped they did,

books have their way of getting nearer

sometimes better than faces

that called me babe,

but better yet it’s best not to remember.

while coffee cools, breeze comes in

and there is just silence here.