I’m finished with patience
finished telling myself
to wait
wait
wait
for the right time
for the best time
to be new again
I have waited
for so long
I am hungry
for the future
I’m finished with patience
finished telling myself
to wait
wait
wait
for the right time
for the best time
to be new again
I have waited
for so long
I am hungry
for the future
the way that stranger lived inside him
and became the one he is today
is watching
so many
different people
transform
into one
hearing the echo
their infancy
their childhoods
love that haunts you
I remember you.
I remember you.
I remember you.
so juicy
it fills my mouth
and runs
down my cheek
my ability to trust
in a million pieces
at the deep center
of a labyrinth
how will anyone find me here?
it’s not the same at all
we laid in bed on the morning of our children’s birthdays
sharing our remembering
the joy and sharpness of life
and living
it’s not the same
waking up without you
our daughter curled tightly against
the space you used to be
it’s not the same without you
but I’m alive
and still me
a thunderstorm
a comet
love that feels solid
that tangles its roots
with mine