Imprint

i

it overwhelms me, an instant of ocean,

delayed grief for the lost years

ii

i dream you back into existence

i dream you back into

i dream you back

i dream you

i dream

iii

i follow you to an unknowable past, mama

each detail of the journey becoming a magnified ignorance

it's taken this long to find that a solitary walk can result in a headful of light;

returning, i step into my footprints, a kind of retrieval...

cradled in a closed palm, the plaited ring of light

iv

i write until my fingers bleed, I write out my sorrow,

i write into the terror of forgetting

v.

listening to leaves settle, like the drift of a gown on ceramic tiles,

telling you: i think of you, sometimes,

the sky is infinite, maybe