As soon as we have what we want
we regret something about it.
Pain returns, flushed like a new bud
popping open along the slender stem.
Practice is the meaning of one hand
cradling the solar plexus, the other
held outward as if to say stop or
I greet you or I am not here long.
[LAG-other-response url=”https://www.vianegativa.us/2016/09/possessed/” title=”Via Negativa: Possessed”]