I looked up
head tilted back
the weight of summer
beared down hard
Warm concrete beneath my feet
dissected by power lines
my backyard sky glowed blue and pink
the colors viewed
through my merlot haze
the arrival of June
ushered in beasts
I bloodied both knees
during Mercury Retrograde
the visit was a brief and painful one
June's departure left raw
tender grief
my papa left too
two days after the summer solstice
the beasts remained,
The earth kept turning.
The skies look down
governing us,
maybe they're judging us
laughing at our earthly misadventures
Looking up, it makes me wonder
and looking skyward makes me think of him
his old man grin
remembering the way light would look on beige carpet floors
entering through the slats of blinds
and doors
of his house he no longer occupies
and never will again
My slice of sky, a reminder tonight
of the tails and trails of cosmic dust
I saw while sitting outside
during a meteor shower
and called him on his last birthday
last winter.
Now July
I ask of you
please be kinder
be more gentle
my knees are healing
but look the way I imagine my heart does now,
scabbed over
and wont to crack at any time.
Seems familiar, did you post something similar before? but as usual I love it.
ReplyDeleteI little redundant I think, I was worried abt that. My backyard sky is muse like in different seasons though!
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