My growing challenge is learning to
Live with the evolving self I took off that
little shelf in my childhood bedroom.
It was easy then with only a brother
To argue over his share of the dark
With sweet sleep assured to follow.
Did my heart just skip a beat or
Or was it just that part of my head’s
Preoccupation with the dead?
Those gone away do not leave a
Litany of do’s and don’ts to help
Us navigate our own dark escape.

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