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"View from
the Labyrinth"
Selected Poems
by
Janine
Manatis
aimless aimless
aimless
wanderer
child
in the dark soft
woods of night.
Where are you going?
you hunt among the
jasmine spray
and
purple blue bells
lost
along the
taken way.
Where is your home?
hurryinfromshowersofrainandsunray
won’t
help you.
coverupfromwindandpain
will only lead you
farther
down
the
darkened
lane
from where you came
an aimless aimless
aimless
wanderer
Stand still
and
See in the midst
Only breath
To know your
Fear amiss
you are always a
wanderer
till
you can a
pilgrim
be.
I will be myself
If I can find me That
I swear to you
This very day
But if not me
Then
while I’m looking
Who?
Spread out across the balding head of love
the hairs of innocence.
I know there are only a few
Blood-clotted and snarled
Where the frantic hands of
time
comb through.
Sincerely, keep the wind soft, I say
not to blow what’s left
Away like petals of a flower
that
once was.
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