Starpoet by Lisa Jain Thompson
Newsflash:
The Gift
 
 
This morning,
While the earth was still wet with night,
I picked a rose
To bring to you,
And then remembered
You were not here
And I slept alone.
I held the rose
Until the world grew warm
And dried the tears
That clung to me.
 
Copyright Lisa Jain Thompson
July 26, 1997
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