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# Dust
- URL: https://poetry101.love/dust/
- Published: 2022-03-08T17:23:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-03-12T17:23:31.000Z
- Description: by Dorianne Laux
- Author: Melissa Anderson
- Tags: Dorianne Laux, #Import 2026-11-04 19:11

Someone spoke to me last night,  
told me the truth. Just a few words,  
but I recognized it.  
I knew I should make myself get up,  
write it down, but it was late,  
and I was exhausted from working  
all day in the garden, moving rocks.  
Now, I remember only the flavor —  
not like food, sweet or sharp.  
More like a fine powder, like dust.  
And I wasn’ t elated or frightened,  
but simply rapt, aware.  
That’ s how it is sometimes —  
God comes to your window,  
all bright light and black wings,  
and you’ re just too tired to open it.

Laux, Dorianne. [What We Carry](https://www.google.com/books/edition/What%5FWe%5FCarry/2SxaDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&kptab=getbook&ref=poetry101.love). United States, BOA Editions Limited, 2013.