IN THE DICTIONARY
Not leaving: an act of trust and love,
often deciphered by children
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
featuring 1 font
over your legs of firmness and water,
over the permanence and the pride
of your naked hair
I want to be, my love, now that the tears are
thrown
into the raucous baskets where they accumulate,
I want to be, my love, alone with a syllable
of mangled silver, alone with a tip
of your breast of snow.
HEX: #000000
RGB: 0 0 0
RGB: 0 0 0
HEX: #444444
RGB: 68 68 68
RGB: 68 68 68
HEX: #888888
RGB: 136 136 136
RGB: 136 136 136
HEX: #BBBBBB
RGB: 187 187 187
RGB: 187 187 187
HEX: #FFFFFF
RGB: 255 255 255
RGB: 255 255 255
"The world does not forgive mistakes so quickly, my girl." He sounds bitter and sad.
"If the world will not forgive me," I say softly, "I shall have to learn to forgive myself."
He nods in understanding.
"And how will you marry? Or do you intend to marry?"
I think of Kartik, and tears threaten. "I shall meet someone one day, as Mother found you.
