This is the Life
5 [I ran]
After Lorine Niedecker's "I Married"
I ran
in the sun’s day
for strength
If not escape.
alone.
I shared with God
about the quick fired words.
I sat heart
in the sun, mind
in the clouds.
A slit of light
to give hope –
Naïve
I believed
I grew
too fast.
He says
I ran
And lived unconfined.
I prayed —