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Rust There Knowing
Scraped pot marks on steel
that you feel when you rub your hand across it,
Time turns that mark to rust
and that's a lesson learned,
Galvanized holy metals
gleam brilliant
beside dreams taking a header
into a grandiose cosmic collapse,
Nickel plated apologies
grace the face of emotions
you shelved when we were young
then lost as adulthood took shape,
Cavernous is what we describe
as the eternal grasp we long to clutch
but ultimately fall short
to the enrichment of finite love
Day in
Day out
Our lights grow more and more dim
as rare earth recollects what it gave us
Turn from that pain
and rust there knowing
I
still
care
