What Do You Need for a History?
A memory that says I was there
even if you didn’t want to be.
Another version of self
that flip-flopped between what you were
and weren’t. A vague premonitionof a better future, even if
you didn’t believe it.
Rings of fire you jumped through,
the burns coming later
dried up into scars.A checklist that followed everyone
but you. Following a way
that offered spectacular views
of foreign lands, climates
there to nurture unknowns.And those times you strayed
holding your heart in calloused hands—
blood trailing—you were there
but once, and no one noticed
that you were gone.
What Do You Need for a History? by Mark Saba | Sandalwood Poetry Reed Diffuser
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