acceptance.

Help me to not hold resentment like the back of my tongue

Help me not to hold years-long grudges,

That awkwardness that subverts any sort of relationship

From developing along;

Maybe some things aren’t to pan out

And really,

That’s okay

Maybe suspended bridges

Are how things are to stay

Help me to accept the

Unacceptable –

These almost-seeming

Irrevocable patterns

Of friendships,

Acquaintances,

Family friends

Who’ve drifted away.

10/24/16

a friend’s day

Morning spent in play

Afternoon recollections

Night, a careful hug

07/20/16

To A.

nodding your head

to some internal beat

i wonder where you get off

what song lend itself

to move your heart,

jostle your veins

unnerve the humanity

to cross borders, boundaries,

culturally, geographically

have you surmounted this feat.

and it’s not over yet.