Winter

By Graham Foust

By photography’s gospel, I thank you,

think you back.

You fail far away from me,

waving at pain.

A perfect song is loveless

and here by your name.

Things will never be the same.

Are they the same yet?

Copyright Credit: Graham Foust, “Winter” from As in Every Deafness. Copyright © 2003 by Graham Foust. Reprinted by permission of Flood Editions.

Source: As in Every Deafness (Flood Editions, 2003)