It was only a dream

It was only a dream

No one knows it is lost

Clouds die everyday if

Crystals can’t hold their frost

Not casting a shadow

Thin air like darkness stood

Future in the past tense

Was that wasn’t, dead would

Why are we walking on

Why are we walking on

Ukrainian eggshells 

Why do we not defend

Them against Russian swells

Are democracies just

Falling out of power

Not partners in lies like

A dictator coward 

Out of the brush into

Out of the brush into

The rocks and crevices 

A hearty flower blooms

Known as Whatever Is

Thriving and green with a

Touch of improbable

Sturdy and yet subtle

Rooting in obstacle

Narcissus is drinking

Narcissus is drinking

From their own lips below

But sipping of themselves 

Does not pull back the bow

Greatness needs inflating

Hot air balloon sucking

There lies the problem of

Their chaos and fucking

In a baby doll dress

In a baby doll dress

And thrift store red converse

On your gravel driveway

The two of us diverse

There with the peeling paint

We did not try to fix

Each other or explain

How we weren’t in the mix

Simplicity and grace

Simplicity and grace

Words and heart not apart

A summer drink to toast

In the winter of depart

All that remained was love

And an ask here and now

I wanted to share time

But did not control how

Moving ahead quickly

Moving ahead quickly

Landscape rushing in leaps

Little unknowns leading

To larger unknown deeps

Purpose is self-propel

No monarchs to be with

Habitat these worn shoes

Learning the living pith