prognosis.
2005-10-29 6:14 p.m.
i was in loveby the time the news came
and quick pressed, bound thin, reminded me of all the places i had been
pushed hard to pass disaster as my sentence.
too late, the laws claimed
that i had been fated to these predicaments, to stand
half between commitments
for the remainder of my days.
i have fought my nature
from both sides
only to find myself bound up
in genetics
another curse to carry.
low,
i am born in friendly dispositions,
in fearful mannerisms,
in stories over conflict,
found
cowering again in public places, my shoulders
learning how to gracefully give up their
many secrets,
and condemned
to tearing at
the few connections
i have made.