I had already known her
the most beautiful woman
in the world as shocking
as a very dangerous wire
exposed and waiting for a child —
she hates that she was so unready
sometimes weeping in the night
there is always so much wanting
she can't believe she's so different
drinking whiskey and choler
pleading to the sadly devout
someday they will really see
their baffled glasses failed them
and finally woken they'll lean
towards another beautiful light
where they forget she isn't there.
©ROB SCHACKNE (2009)