Stay a while, still.
Less like the wind,
more like the ground you stand on…
We could not tell you sooner—
you had to ask the question first,
had to wonder why….
To stay afloat
you must set aside praying
and save yourself.
You do the thing
you think you cannot do…
Knowing that the anchor
was thrown too far from the boat
all that time ago
reunion can’t come soon enough.
In the end
the moment of change
is imperceptible.
Your vast soul,
that seabed on which
the ocean of you rests,
holds every part of you
Change comes, sometimes,
like a slow dawn.
You shower, dress, and
make your way downstairs
to find the day has kicked off its boots…
It’s not that we’re abandoned,
but that we demand delight
at every turn.
We can only stay sated so long…
I know you’re tired,
lurching from one exhausted moment
to the next, rushed
through life
like a cloud
at the mercy of the wind…