Flame <br />kisses <br />paper edge <br />bright <br />orange <br />black <br />gray <br />patterns <br />of thought <br />about patterns <br />of my life <br />spending <br />time <br />like an ant <br />trapped <br />in a pattern <br />of eternal <br />work <br />for the man <br />for me <br />for my sons <br />work for her <br />against her <br />with her <br />light the flame <br />to forget <br />the pattern <br />of lonely <br />she brought <br />you <br />falling into <br />another <br />pattern <br />is there <br />no eluding <br />these <br />infernal <br />patterns<br /><br />Emma Beverage<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/patterns-5/
