LOVE CAN TRY AGAIN
A look, a kind word, a nervous smile
can fill the vacant heart emptied of love
gone bad. It can salvage from the offal heap
that
offbeat pulsing grayness, the dazzling shine
a
barrage of trenchant remarks snuffed out.
The
heart can bravely try again. It can allow
new
life to permeate a sagging hollowness.
Love can lift one’s head from abashment to
beaming
pride. It can grace the lonely
and
read into hope a bright awakening.
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