Mourning
Waking
I am overcome by sadness,
by waves of grief.
I search
the corners of my mind.
Finding no cause
I mourn.
Where has my unawareness gone?
That peace in which
no melancholy could intrude
is now beyond my reach.
And I must struggle
to the sun again
against my heavy heart.
Lari Smith
Firenze 4/95