now you are gone / everyday apparitions

two poems on love and loss & a video update on the book

Aug 11, 2024

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NOW YOU ARE GONE

You were one of the good ones, 
strapping, unpredictable, 
the best kind of mountain.
A rebel ship in the night, 
you would arrive 
always with a book, 
waking, shaking me up,
a reminder and a warning, 
love and honour constant 
through your contradictions.

Now you are gone, will you still visit me? 
M…

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