(after)
((after that))
October came and I was something different again.
An aster —
a sweet that abides the fall.
And there is that moment of —
(hope is yet too strong a word) —
of light.
Of light,
and faith in life.
To a varying degree,
we grow a guard.
But the singing wire between matter and matter —
what matters —
never ceases.
Eternal throb and hum.
You need to let something go.
Cast off that self you’ve collected.
Give it to the wind
like the cottonwoods their leaves.
(You don’t have to share this with the world.)
The night is the night.
It falls.
But today I am content
to sit beside you and wait.
looking for roots 