I am not bereft
when I have the sunsets
I share with my mother.
O to luxuriate
in a well-rounded O
slowly cradled
until it expires.
The promise of precision
slips away
when stray thoughts
enfold themselves
into the pouring
of the emerald green liquid.
A dark filigree
of bare branches
radiates into
the smoky sky.
Below, a palimpsest
of snowfalls.
Sitting next to a cat
with the sun in my eyes
amidst flitting rainbows
O fleet afternoon.
Surfacing
as an idea
too trivial
to water
nevertheless
I let it grow.
I live my days
in half-curated pockets
outside of time
to counter time.