any other way

sideways through the door-
way
i stay that way
a crooked direction
makes everything clear

usually you go back
and left and forward and left

and left again - the curve
of a branch goes on and on,
and snaps sometimes
in a sudden way

the force of the wind
a fat owl
a heavy, wet snow

a leaping child
has made it to the top
and now the tree

waits

nothing, everything

when nothing appears
not justice,
not a friend,
not the sun.

you dream, you think
of something

a star, a thought
of the person you last
shared a coffee and cigarettte
with outside in
the rain while your coats
became soaked sponges
absorbing each other's
conversation

so much
that the rain
ceased to exist


the next day,
cold under a bright sun -
coats fluffed and warmed
you walked,
arm in arm
in the park

everything was there

not hello

sometimes to say hello hurts
and it is better to hide behind
the aisle, underneath the nearest
counter or anywhere you will be
cloaked from the vision of the person
who you know that you want
to talk to
but shouldn't

letter painting in the fog

a soft index finger spells
out a frosted message
on the fogged window

a gift
to the world
from the inside
of Mom's car

a dandelion waits
outside my window

one day he will pick it,
hand it to her

write her a message
in the sky

Smile

Smile
Make friends
Imagine
Live Honestly
Expect the best

the abbreviated drizzle

the drizzle drains off the
light coat of sidewalk grime,
leftover dew from last spring
a tear that has pooled at the
end of your eyelid,
finally falls away.

you are blessed by
a tiny water droplet
and 2 hydrogens

I remember Chemistry class,
when I first discovered you

up, away, you

further than i have been and towards
the future I am immersed in a sea
of memories

but will not drown

entrenched in the sticky mud
of guilt

reaching out for your hand

once our fingers touch

happiness

surrounded by air, life
tomorrow