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Susan K. Rowse

Memories of the Heart

refuse to dance till the ebb takes with it
the footprints of dying mates
their love extended through fingerprints of time
digits that barely touch...sparks that fuse and mesh
hearts to recall ounces of memories
tonnage of whispers upon ears that are gone
geographic disasters surfing waves of constant tides
moments, hours, days...infinities of dew drops
faintly caress the cheeks as lovers speak from a distance
through crashes of remembrance like the ocean upon the sands
dances without partners with memory taking the steps
two upon the washes of time with hearts faintly tethered
Moondances from the heart upon bleached sands of tears
refusing this dance till the warmth returns
like starlight upon shadows...lighting the night.