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A cracked straw instead of the 
commemorative cup

A rash where the 
bandage was stuck

Scrapbooks filled with electrode stickers 
and parking garage receipts 

Emptied plastic sleeves whose cookies 
were reduced to crumbs 
and whose taste my tongue has forgotten

The pulsing cacophony of 
machine rhythms 
keeps vibrating in my brain
long after the
connections are severed 

You shared only your
smoothest prayers
sent them sailing
on the winter wind
through moonless night skies
from where you sit in the universe
to the small space
I occupy tonight
in an unfamiliar room
our momentary home 

On their way
from you to me
they glided into the
open hearts of
all the gods and goddesses
who whispered them aloud
and with strong and
gentle hands
surrounded us
with love

I am a pitcher pouring cool water into your cup

I am a clock taking its own time

I am a spiral staircase stepping up to the stars

I am the stitching of the quilt that you snuggle underneath

I am a match determined to ignite 

I am a curl standing out from the crowd

I am a bear defending every cub

I am the opalescent wings fastened on

so I can fly

I am a rivulet of strawberry ice cream dripping pinkly down the side of a waffle cone

I am a pair of dice rolling the

wrong combinations

I am a broken heart that’s tender to the touch

I am a puddle showing you your reflection

I

I am a pitcher pouring cool water into your cup

I am a clock taking its own time

I am a spiral staircase stepping up to the stars

I am the stitching of the quilt you snuggle underneath

I am a match determined to ignite 

I am a curl standing out from the crowd

I am a bear defending every cub

I am the opalescent wings fastened on

so I can fly

I am a rivulet of strawberry ice cream dripping pinkly 

down the side of a waffle cone

I am a pair of dice rolling the wrong combinations

I am a broken heart too tender to touch

I am a puddle showing your reflection

I am a third door opening to a different world

I am the sunlit clearing when you emerge from the woods

I am buttery words spilling off the page like tight kernels bursting into hot popcorn

I am sometimes the salt

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