Day 509: Peace Be With You

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after all this time,

peace be with you.

 

after the things we’ve said
that cannot be unsaid,

peace be with you.

 

after all we’ve seen
and cannot strip from sight,

peace be with you.

 

after all the effort
that made the world to spin,

peace be with you.

 

after hurts have healed
with some wounds,
ever-open slice unsealed,

peace be with you.

 

after the history books
are writ and stored
and burned
and encased like myth
lodged in relentless memory,

peace be with you.

 

after the days would turn us
round and round
and against the other,

i shall stop the spinning,
the defensive vertigo,
ego-winning,
ceaseless, clutching, graceless waltz,

and bow
and step off this mad dance floor

and with sincerity of heart,
soundness of mind,
and a curious faith in foot forward,
turn toward door,

whispering through smiles
and inexplicable, too full tears,

 

peace be with you,

peace be
with you,

peace

be
with
you.

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