have you ever seen the dark clouds as it begin to rain
like a broken heart releasing all its pain
falling on the window like teardrops in your eyes
rolling from above from the teardrop skies

overcast and dark like a troubled mind
sunshine that it knew now been left behind
light that it once knew now has turned to gloom
just like the raindrops locked in dark cloudy room

maybe tomorrow will be a different day
sun will shine again take the gloom away
darkness in your mind see the light once more
like the clouds above will be clear once more

some people seem to carry heaven
in the way they walk—
effortless, luminous,
as though their purpose
is to remind us of grace

i have not known such ease
my lessons came
through breaking bones of the spirit
through the heavy silence
of unsaid words
through desires that cut too deep

and still—
i do not curse the falling
i do not despise the storm

because what it left in me
wasn’t bitterness
but the stubborn clarity
that love,
even when it burns down,
remains the only treasure
worth guarding

at first glance:
a lantern catching the outline of a face.

on the last vigil:
the same lantern guttering at the threshold.

it's always:
the act of seeing, which
keeps the world from vanishing.


.

a lantern catching
the outline of a face.

the same lantern
guttering at the threshold.

the act of seeing, which
keeps the world from vanishing.


.

.

Off to the zoo,
to watch the otters and to cleanse my soul,
the world has churned me,
flattened and burned me
to be quite honest, it’s left a hole,
a couple of hours with whiskery faces
might put a smile in all the right places

We are daydreaming

in the imitation cave --


of the Grand Hotel.

After this long walk

it would be so romantic --


to give him a hug.