Nicholas Browning

That Which Aches

My hands graze triticale wheat as I stagger across the field,

Worms they call it home; and no merits yet left to yield.

Leaden bosom of Winter, compassion before these eyes:

Disposition renounced of spirit, and an ego devoid of pride.

 

Nimbus vast remains only succor found,

No will left to stumble, a bolster lay on the ground.

Dirt the only shelter, the crop a single friend -

Left here now to witness together: the beginning, of yearning\'s end.

 

Weary, these orbs shut, never anew to absorb the light.

For the dreams impulse pursued; I alone now pay the price.

Even if to covet so:

To belong to you, and to you, I;

The chance is no longer possible, dear - 

For the deceased won\'t bear the right.