Leave not a piece of me behind

Leave Not A Piece Of Me Behind

Leave not a piece of me behind
lest a mote of me dance blissfully
racing sunlight in a dusty room.

Leave not a piece of me behind
where foot once pushed on softened soil
to leave my name in earth’s remembering.

Leave not a piece of me behind
for moon-doused imps to twist and shout
and shyly peep through curtains crack’d.

Leave not a piece of me behind
like the heart’s fine grist, to grit and grind
with words a-whispered claiming breath.

Instead
wind up the song, full dance the circle.
and there you’ll be, and there I’ll find
the piece of me I left behind.

©youthemeus 2020

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