EDGELIT
All day I have been walking
in this woman's shadow
looking for light.
Dream the invisible--
not the wavering
flame itself,
but that aura of absolute darkness
at the light's edge--
the shadow
that stretches
from the base of the heart,
that stands, unchanging,
in the slanting light.
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