Payment for the Gift
I wake in the dark
groping for my pad and pen while
trying not to lose the words.
Now these endless hours
waiting for sleep’s return.
—Mary Lou Bittle-DeLapa
1995
Payment for the Gift
I wake in the dark
groping for my pad and pen while
trying not to lose the words.
Now these endless hours
waiting for sleep’s return.
—Mary Lou Bittle-DeLapa
1995