Ann Fraser

 

Fragments

 

Memories that rise

and shudder,

 

moths compelled

to flail against

a lighted window,

 

moments shed,

a succession

of quick small breaths

 

as light burns,

then ages

into something cold -

 

and yet

we imagine.

 

A Moment in Dying

 

This was nothing

but the dream

of winter,

 

dark chambers,

white grief

that made a place of you,

 

and then

the careful

coming out of sleep,

 

an awareness

of one's own country-

this leaning into.