This thought shall not enter!
There is no time for crying today—
Published in
Feb 5, 2022
stop!
this thought shall not enter,
for I will defend the fortress
where she rests, peacefully:
listen,
the droplets on the windowpanes
are all she will bear to hear—
no!
no time for crying today—
i will say,
again:
none shall enter
and disrupt the imagination
of she who lives between reality
and a dream.
©2022 A.X. Bates
