(for sarah)
buoyant, you rise. a
life abandoned called
perfect; reclaimed.
Act 2, Scene Me
evoking awe, i
find my bit part, conceived
in Your whole. Wonder.
do it...and do it again
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.