So, you are history's breath
clear as tomorrow's rising sun
certainly you feel the warmth
tho love took off ... on the run
Love doesn't slice cleanly
as a knife cutting thru striated meat
it drags and tears away in portions
no section leaves the edges neat
Nothing I can do about it
desires linger in a pool of longing
forever, caught in a budget crunch
totally out of the box of belonging
I must ask of you one last gift
beg it does no harm to love's death
from your charity will you kiss me
one last kiss from history's breath.
Del Cano 2004 December
I love that last line........One last kiss from historys breath. Perfect!
ReplyDeleteRebecca
A kiss he requests from history
ReplyDeleteof which he refuses to be
but what should the historian give now when
the man really just can't see?
A life without his usual touch
is really not one at all
to live without history's golden pull
grays a goldened future pall
Death becomes not who we seek
but those who were left behind
and should we give up on history now
a future we will never find
So a kiss from history's breath is given
and a tear flowing from the cup
for history seen is sadness now
and from which we will never sup...
In response to DelCano's "History's Breath"
Hugs,
Chris