some days lunch just tastes

so much better and you eat

gratitude ’til full

i’m massive
and right now it’s good
this moment

dead on feet
black holes filled with
lolli-pops

deep winter morning-
an empty chair
on a fire escape landing.

in this darkened room
behind your silhouette
leaves fall yellow and heavy.

About to lose my mind
Head spinning with unsaid words
Where did this go wrong?

Dirt and dust sashay
Anonymous, gray harmony
Speckle the sunlight

The deluge bursts forth
Drowning fragile blades of grass
Worms emerge for breath

cuttings in water
grow new roots–
blessed resilience.

child plays in the fountain
as i’m reading on grass
in a patch of sun light.

rain soaks the world;
i’m inside with sigur ros on low
murakami in hand.

after the ceremony
empty chairs witness
the sunset.