Mar
12
2021
sticks
i listened for so long i went silent
mute as a river drinking dawn in the forest
mute as a sky bright with stories of stars
mute as a heart bleeding love like a wound
there are no words for any of this
no lexicon
for racing blindly through the darkness of reality
hawking bliss and deprivation in quiet turn
i am echo
singing jagged edge
across each mountain
you are breath
and something
less tangible
or everything
it’s all there
ramshackle and ready
prepared
but we’ve forgotten
history
her story
our collective
mind
i walk this path
i have traveled
too often
watch two bluebirds
savor sunshine
just the way March requires
i remember you there
on my windowsill
all magic and tragedy
survival
so often depends
on kindness
i say nothing
. . . . .
. . . . .
