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A Wake for Anna

from Of Paper and Strings by Peter Bruce Wilder

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A Wake for Anna
October 1, 1998
Peter Bruce Wilder
©2002 Maplewood Earlines, BMI

I was standing far beyond the crowd • as they lowered her into the ground • a brother motioned me to gather closer to the family • I stood beside the patron • as the stillness of the sorrow found • that gravity still makes saltwater go downhill into the sea ¤ And I don’t remember if there was a wake for Anna • I didn’t pay attention and the moment sure was lost • I sensed a pivot shifting - a pendulum in motion • but I was too distracted then to realize the cost to realize the cost ¤ she turned to browse departures • and then researched a place to park and spent the next two hours with me • chasing down a brightening dark • the flight back north was quiet but the memory lingers on • we disembarked the aircraft • and she hugged me and was gone ¤ And I don’t remember if there was a wake for Anna • I didn’t pay attention and precious seconds passed • ignoring all the signposts in a life sustained by motion • too busy to consider why a true love doesn’t last why it doesn’t last ¤ I was driving south to Boston and all the airwaves all were packed • with boy angst and bitter sirens all complaining what they lacked • sure it all gets messy and often beauty leaves but to bury hope so deeply so deeply in the dark just self-deceives ¤ And I don’t remember if there was a wake for Anna • I should’ve paid attention - I should’ve lived & learned • recalling all the hours - the quiet and devotion and breathed enlightened moments • and avoided getting burned getting burned

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from Of Paper and Strings, released March 10, 2003

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