Tempered

Tempered

Lila Robinett

Too acutely comprehended 
and I will break
and no, I will not break 
like a piece 
of dark chocolate, and melt 
on your palm. I will not 
be known from 
the whole. I will break 
apart of something you 
will never understand, 
shatter just before 
you make out what I Am. 
Like diamonds scattered 
on a mahogany dining 
table the length of my love: 
nothing you could 
hold in your hands 
like snow flurries against 
a cast-iron sky spattered 
with stars, nothing 
you can ever know.

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Lila Robinett
Poet & MFA Student

Photography by Geoff Coombs