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Gwendrina
Gwendrina@yahoo.com
Sun Apr  2 13:20:33 2000
From a distance fading in*br*shadows of blue spruce*br*drape hair and shoulders ---*br*as I face the wind.*p*Moonlight flickers*br*behind the steel glimmer*br*of vines galvanized by ice.*p*Lucid strokes of fire*br*brush my fear against*br*the filigreed work*br*of bark tracing *br*moments countless as I pray.*p*Slowly, my head slips forward*br*loosening from the Capuchin hood*br*of balsam,*br*descending softly from the folds*br*of the homestead’s fabric.*p*I close my eyes*br*intensely deft with silence,*p*A ragged hemline of  lashes*br*submit to the singe of light*br*and the burnt-off reluctance*br*to love again*br*smudges the horizon’s forehead.*p*A sign*br*that I have been redeemed*br*from months of wearing*br*“sackcloth and ashes”.*br*