Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Making Debts, Paying Debts

Death's the discharge of our debt of sorrow.
Seneca

A small debt produces a debtor; a large one, an enemy.
Publilius Syrus

An amend unmade
weighs like debt unpaid,
nibbles on capital
dribbling coins of fear

A day of recovery 
yields tender to repay
debts of mercy received
sitting in the rooms
devoid of hope,
of emotion,
of a future.

A smile bestowed on
helpless newcomer
ameliorates debt
of the former newcomer,
seeding recovery.

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