I wandered the unused path
heavy and overgrown
looking for small opportunities
to see sunlight overhead
something to guide me forward
but each step betrayed me
drawing blood
warning root and stone
to hold me still
night apologized for truth
only opportunity
the past undressed
bare, empty
unwritten by the moment
do you remember?
the darkness asked
and I did
day apologized for truth
beautiful inevitability
one after the other
lifted from the page
like a butterfly flying
on beach sand in the summer
then with the wind
dissolves to nothing
do you remember?
the light asked
and I did
In turn,
I apologized for truth
for wandering,
for rising and falling
like a breath over my lips
clearing the path
untangling the roots
and sitting in the sunlight
so you could find me again
~
day 5
national poetry month
