of small and empty things

is a life composed

slow and shy things

scurrying along subterranean

of small and empty things

is a someone made

fastings and forgettings, failures and fumblings

conspiring in gentle ways and tucked-away moments

of small and empty things

is a story embroidered

miniature threads of yellow and gold

jostling on a soul’s tangled underside

of small and empty things

is a friendship charcoal-sketched

notes and scribbles, smudges and smirks

widening eyes and contented teaspoons

of small and empty things

is a life composed

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