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bliss, connection, destiny, forgiveness, fortune, grace, gravel roads, life, love, old maps, passion, restless, spirit, wandering

fortunes more
than e’er I knew
or lines caressed my fingers
when sat inside
a candleglow –
as someone spelled
my name
aloud
was fate returning
as whispers – sinner – saint
as morning when the night
is settled ’round
and I with want
for more than this –
more than matching dishes
and acres
where the wheat
resolved to grow
hand-me-downs
and day old bread
who will miss me sunday
when down the pew
the plates are passed
again
smiling back
in buttoned lace –
boots I should have traded
but kept apart
were pieces
of their worth
give me grain
to grow the sun
wrap your arms around me
spin me neath the willow
supper time
drive me back
o’er dusted roads
and sing the ones familiar –
of destinies I swore
were never done
hold against your beating
the hand to fit
your hand –
scored by fate
as fortune
you’ve become
…








