Epilogue

Epilogue

Feverishly rummaging
Through my drawer of emotions
For a way to feel
In this stunned moment

Flinging on
Well-worn indignation
But it makes me recoil
When I glance in the mirror

Shaking my head
At seen-it-all stoicism
A brash patchwork of clashing
And incomplete lessons

Briefly toying
With a gown of self-pity
Flowing and comfortable
But quite out of fashion

Quite ignoring
A nervous humor
As clearly too thin
For the bitter occasion

Setting aside
Faith - strong yet desperate
It will wilt in minutes
Under her scorching sun

Finally settling
On love of such deep shade
That the black night will hide it
Even from her now-wary eyes