Mar 27, 2013 17:23
"Going There"
Jack Gilbert
Of course it was a disaster.
The unbearable, dearest secret
has always been a disaster.
The danger when we try to leave.
Going over and over afterward
what we should have done
instead of what we did.
But for those short times
we seemed to be alive. Misled,
misused, lied to and cheated,
certainly. Still, for that
little while, we visited
our possible life.
and where are you,/who told me i'm beautiful and amazing, next time please/write it down
jack gilbert,
daphne gottlieb