gigondas

Oldie. (Edited)

She thinks of fusion then fission

She goes weak
at the sound of his words.

His ramblings send her.
For instance, she remembers

the words he spoke
last November,

looking at her,
he had said,

'Life's not a rehearsal

the work we do
in the here and now

is benediction.'

To her,
it sounds like a validation

of years
of struggle.

She wonders
how
he manages

this being
in her mind.