A LITTLE GLINT, A SLASH OF COLOR
The apartment is so still just now.
It is cool and gray outside. The news
speaks of spring, but that seems like a lie
as so many things do these gray days.
The cats, 8 paws touching, are asleep
on our bed. They release everything
when they sleep. The city is awake
but quiet. Lawns and dandelions
are the same, concrete and asphalt are the
same, glass doors and windows are the
same. I will pretend that the cells of
my body are sunlight making the
dishwater sky show a little glint,
a slash of color. The truth is a
rebuke because, in truth, my body
is a box emptied of secrets and
emptied of the slim, crescent moons of my
dreams. That said, I have always loved
pretending. The cells of my body
will have to ignore the realness
of another year about to pass,
the dreary fear of what comes after,
the mirror image that is not, can
not be right. I’ve learned so much less than
I thought I would, garnered less respect
than I hoped for. My underground is
rising to the surface. I defer to
what I have become and admire all
that I am not. I’ve been given a
quiet day; I will give up “what ifs,”
I will give up what I know is true,
pretend color and music then—shine.
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