beads

said, yes i’d love to come back though working now. 

have to obey; the hours, the days —like beads, weighing against each other 

mirroring repetition, unable to know what is real and what is repeated 

yes, i’d love to come back; what is now and what has past

said, what is lost 

stay lost

the pain so abandoned; one can hardly recall or mirror the cause

i’d love to come back —i’d love