There’s an emptiness love leaves behind, 

and there’s an emptiness that is love.

One grasps.

One releases.

You choose which one.

You choose.

Brazen

The parched field has given up on thriving.

Drained and brittle grass resigns its height

to flatten, stiff with waiting.

On the outskirts,

one crimson bloom twists and dips

to the rhythm of the seasons changing.

The grasses think her brazen.

They shrink a little lower

in her shadow.

Still, she dances,

raising her grateful face

to meet the blazing kisses of the sun.

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foolʹish•ness.

n. 1.  to give without expectation of return.  2.  to seek fulfillment in emptiness.  3.  to approach danger unguarded or without caution.  4.  to endlessly forgive.  5.  to pursue the impossible.      

foolʹish•ness.

n. The greatest virtue.