Remember

Remember whatever pain you bring back
from your dreaming
but do not look for new gods
in the sea
nor in any part of a rainbow
Each time you love
love as deeply as if it were
forever
only nothing is
eternal.

'For Each of You', Audre Lorde

* * *

The birds they sang
at the break of day
Start again
I heard them say
Don't dwell on what
has passed away
or what is yet to be.

'Anthem', Leonard Cohen

* * *

When I wake, I lift cold water
To my face. I close my eyes.
A body wishes to be held, and held, and what
Can you do about that?

'In the City of Light', Larry Levis