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Chapter X: Letters Home

from The Memory of Good by Miriam Marston

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Can I ask where You are,
I hear You're doing wonders in me,
as far as they see I could not ask for more,
but a few little things could be just a bit better
than now,
is it too much to pray for?
Can I ask what to say if You're not
saying much in these days,
as far as I know I have not fallen out of this love.
I've lamented the two of us drifting
apart in this land of sighs.
Restless again for Someone and Somewhere.
I keep writing letters home,
and they come back open;
I know that You're listening and You're not really gone,
but if You pass by my door,
promise me You'll say hello.
Can I ask why You called if I can't
find You here in this room,
as far as I can see I cannot stay between
all the pieces of life,
all the possible ways I could
follow You there to the end.
Can I ask what it was the first time
You made me go weak in the knees,
like the universe settled in me,
like a song that You wrote just to sing me to sleep
at the end of a long, long night.
Can I ask why You follow through differently
than I'd have planned.
I feel a little like I may as well go on
by my own light,
but that never lasts very long
as the shadows and walls have their say.

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from The Memory of Good, released September 7, 2017

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Miriam Marston Portland, Oregon

I started composing when I was 10. I called one of my first songs "Nostalgia", although I can't recall what my ten year old self was so nostalgic about. Released my first album in 2000. Things got busy, but I never stopped writing. Even if it meant composing on a mostly-broken piano in the basement of a university that I wasn't even enrolled in. Enjoy all the music and reading! Pax. MM ... more

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