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Tara Birch

Temporary Insanity

Settle in my child, and listen tonight
for the words I speak will grant no relief.
Nothing I say, or do, can make this right.

I held the gun until it flashed with light
and for that I bought my curse and my grief.
Settle in my child, and listen tonight

for never again will you witness this sight:
a man destroyed by his own disbelief.
Nothing I say, or do, can make this right.

She called it a lie, and a vicious slight,
but rage carried me; my judgment was brief.
Settle in my child, and listen tonight,

for the trigger I pulled was much too light;
in an instant I made myself her thief.
Nothing I say, or do, can make this right.

The blood on her gown was dark red and bright,
painting me in the jealous lover's motif.
Settle in my child, and listen tonight:
nothing I say, or do, can make this right.
 

Tara Birch is 51 years old. Her poems have previously been published online and in print editions of various Mipoesias publications. Other poems have been published in the online and print versions of from east to west. Some of her poems also have been published online in Edge, Tryst, and a few other online poetry journals. She also had a short book of poems entitled "Carrots & Blue Cheese Dip" (now out of print) published by Mipoesias. She is indebted to all those who have supported her poetry over the last 6 years, but especially to Didi Menendez of Mipoesias, a dear friend and great poet as well.