in radiant light that has defeated me
i stand fast at a nameless fence
in a dark place, where
love keeps crying for attention
as a sunset from my youth
visits me again
and i see how the bridge
disappears at the edge of memory.
how far is it to the end? i ask,
wondering if there are other ways
to explain life...

fresh breezes leaf through
the book of my heart and i suddenly let go
of that cloth i spent a lifetime weaving.
rest now, you say. you have gone as far
as you can go.
but i know i'll always
keep on walking further out, then returning,
just to name the sorrow of the road