i close my eyes

and breathe in

slowly

light pours through

each window

*

leaves gently

fall towards the earth

how easy

it is to love

all of nature’s beauty

*

while the world

shatters around me

i will pretend

a rainbow is waiting

to ignite a blackened sky

*

this morning

full of rain and gray

thank you

for giving me

a space to ache

*Published in the summer 2020 edition of The Bamboo Hut