ELEGY
I am not now where I once was,
and where I am going is not where I will be.
I've not always known how to loosen my arms
- as if playing a piano straight and with very
loose fingers. To all of that, I say 'alas' - while
both thinking of tomorrow and letting it pass.
I am nothing here but an unencumbered soul,
and - sincerely - wish for that to remain so.
I have no shadow and I have no ghost.
What I see now is yesterday, at most.
I am not now where I once was,
and where I am going is not where I will be.
I've not always known how to loosen my arms
- as if playing a piano straight and with very
loose fingers. To all of that, I say 'alas' - while
both thinking of tomorrow and letting it pass.
I am nothing here but an unencumbered soul,
and - sincerely - wish for that to remain so.
I have no shadow and I have no ghost.
What I see now is yesterday, at most.
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