this year passes like
those before it. tenacious
measures of love.
your words of kindness
(for T.L.)
utterances meant to
raise strong & reckon; coaxing
my heart to surface.
refusal
feckless & careworn
yet resolute. i'll not slip
away; cease to be.
jilt
wincing, words catch at
my inner ear; lies passing
as God's honest truth.
complicit
saying yes staves off
the unknown; keeps {possibly}
worse things {ruin} at bay.
laden
Light enough to carry,
heavy enough to swamp; this
weight loads my waiting.
new year
unable to contain
time's curvature, i edge past
and spill into you.
Remade
Combustion. The old
life in dregs, husk and hull. I
rise, emerge new.
precipice
Determination
causes forgetfulness. A
thought fleeting, is caught.
Daughter
Your wistful heart sparks
a style of self that breathes out
pure come-what-may pluck.