hold true

no reason to know

kiss the ground
as it shakes

everything goes away

a continuing sequence
of holding on and letting go

infinite in its finality;

love has many names
and none of them can ever
be ours to keep.

Edward L. Canavan is an American poet whose work has been published in The Opiate, Harbinger Asylum, and Cholla Needles. His first poetry collection titled Wreck Collection was released by Cyberwit Press in March 2019. Edward’s poems were featured as part of The Poetry of Place exhibit at South Pasadena City Hall Gallery in March 2020. He is a native of the Bronx, NY and currently resides in North Hollywood, California.

[image: Shattered Love | colorfr3ak]