All That Remains - Norah Schreiber

[Larry Robinson]

All That Remains 

Every atom of matter is shot through with love 
but only the lover can see 
“a universe aflame”

It gradually becomes a matter 
of every waking moment. 
the mind can be busy 
with ceaseless thoughts
the feet engaged 
in a thousand tasks. 

But every hour, every day 
the loving breath 
is breathing it 
the beating heart 
is speaking it. 

It is the slipping away of self
until all that remains is walking 
in old shoes and loving 
the little breath that gives life 
to this happy shell of a self. 

	- Norah Schreiber