it begins
insidiously
like the one time
you called me
by
her first name
*
after leaving home
for the first time
in two weeks
I breathe in
the rain-soaked air
like a fragrant rose
*
noiseless
the moon and stars
birth life
this is
why I am still awake
at 2 a.m.
*
after mother died
I purchased binoculars
to view the night
as if she were hidden
between
Orion and Sirius
*Published in leave me here (the cherita book 42)
*The last cherita was designated as a cherita lighthouse (editor’s choice)