My Secret Adoption

Discovering the Truth as an Adult

and you will miss her

you will get up and go on
approach self-preservation
with no reservations
you will write
when there is no inspiration…

inked

the words will stay where they are

inked
onto paper

some loves

long deferred
some loves
are not frustrated
will not be
prevaricated
they are obvious
those loves
when light coats gratefully
astounded…

diner birds

turn my back on the world
to face the river
hide the self
behind an umbrella
stay lost in clothes
that have lost their color
a…

not meant to be seen

some things are not meant to be seen in this world
the fire cuts through
orange as the sky in the west
and i want to write…

build

she has strength inside of her strength
shutters that would make you weep
when they close
stone inside of wood
indomitable
cathedral of a woman

apology

i was the worst person
for you to meet
at that point in your life

dreams of abandoned glass

what comes next
could change what came before
a mosaic of beautiful broken pieces
could line up against the will…

unsent

if i could write to you
one letter that you would read