By christopher lake
Date: 22 August 2000

there is a woman

there is a woman
i love more than
i ever thought
i could love
anyone
but complications come
out of nowhere
like scared and desperate
animals
hiding
in the dark woods
along the road.
i don't understand.
i want to hold her
and keep her
but she is the sand
that escapes my grasp
in the dry august arroyo,
the beach 
where it is consumed
by the ocean.











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