Like Always

By John Blase | January 4, 2017 |
This is my body
bones brittler than
a decade ago
eyes dependent
to glass distances
middle thickening
against my please
mind content to
mine yesterdays.
But my heart still
breaks then mends
breaks then mends
like always.
 

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6 Comments

  1. Nathan Johnson on January 4, 2017 at 2:20 pm

    So good.

    Kind Regards,

    Nathan Johnson (719) 243-4299

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  2. shanna mallon on January 4, 2017 at 2:52 pm

    beautiful.

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  3. Paddy on January 4, 2017 at 4:52 pm

    Prophetic to me. As if you know me. Thanks.

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  4. Roslyn Bourgeois on January 4, 2017 at 7:13 pm

    Ain’t it the true!!! Damnit to first part but knowing that mend will come… priceless

    Roslyn

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  5. Renee on March 25, 2017 at 6:55 am

    I love this. I love your work so much. I just ordered your latest book of poems! Can’t wait to read them!

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  6. Ana Lisa de Jong on March 26, 2017 at 2:33 am

    Incredibly beautiful and comforting in its truthfulness. Thank you 🙂

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