This doesn’t matter
But somehow yes it does
Although it truly should not
And begs how can it not
This doesn’t matter
It must be unallowed
Right there in ink on lilac
It says so on my wall
Getting lost when
The shadows are long
And amber-y light
Glints
From
A particular piece
Of a place on this Earth
To
Your eye and you blink
And are found
O if only!
I should latch my finger through
The loop of the well-worn costume
That’s seen you through life’s ups and downs
And tear away the silly front of it
I’d see a new you
I’d help you through life’s unders and overs
In your rhythmic March
I watch you walk
With then against
The pull of the pre-dawn wind
And I wonder whether you feel
It is worth it
What consumes you
Now is cold, this Day
If the glass and girders
Keep you for a time
Then afterwards, what else
Claim what will count
Would that comes always
Always and ever
The consuming fire
And you brandish a flame
In your rhythmic March
Think not about
The breeze blowing through
The center of you
Howling away a hollow
A something-specific shaped hole
Where resides your soul
Decide you’ve all you need
You are enough
Standing there tough
Your own hand on your hip
Eyes surveying what you’ll prefer or let pass
How full your glass
Mocking bird
Were I your tree
A conscience surely would find thee
You’d fly too far
And feel the sting
Reflecting on the soothe I bring
My honest leaves
With perfect shimmer
Pray your feathers grow none dimmer
Striped wing belied
By your lone song
You’ve held no hope here all along