I Am Gentle

I am
gentle while
you are wild.

You injure me
in my waking
hours.

The moon can’t
hide my outrage
and nightmares.

No medicine
can cure a
wrecked ship.

 

2019

About chester maynes

poet, and a lover of music and books.
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