[lit-ideas] Freedom
- From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Lit-Ideas " <Lit-Ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 21:44:08 -0700
Arminius craved freedom,
Emerson too as do I -
Though not from Susan: her
Medication, her need for doctors
And tests nor from the
Passage of time glad to
Be past those youthful
Muddles made of relationships
When I wasn't willing to
Listen to older minds nor even
Simple sense - but freedom to
Think through impediments and
Past baffles to whatever I chose;
Or have I been a dupe of fate
Choosing the tropes that
Appeared unbidden in conformance
To my genetic disposition?
I looked for a trope just now and found
A hole in a curtain. Even so, I'm on
The upper floor. Who lacking my
Confession would know it's there?
I need something larger to yawn
Backward throughout the time of
Susan's illness. I can't remember all
The steps I saw it take to waste her,
But I shrink back from the edge of
What I do, God giving me the
Freedom to see it and be afraid.
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