arqios

poem’s manifesto

 

poem\'s manifesto

 

I begin before you arrive,

standing in my own structure,

refusing a single doorway

 

yet welcoming the reader who listens,

enduring the reader who arrives armed,

keeping my interior weather intact

and remaining unfinished by design,

 

answering only to the line

and walking beside the reader who trusts uncertainty,

finally continuing beyond the final word.

 

 

 

 

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