Wednesday, June 28, 2023

interchange

Today, I am marvelous with waiting 
it barges in, changes everything
it becomes the answer
I'm like a Keats caught in the moment
or like a Cavafy lost inside it
it's almost an afterlife
there is rest, room, reason to believe 
there will be a rendezvous
with the still sky
with the whiteness of paper and screen 
and I will be mostly alone 
ecstatic with choice

Pic: Nu, Huck, and Max. Nu described this moment as "being *swarmed* with puppies."

3 comments:

Sarah said...

“Ecstatic with choice” — I love this! What a perfect line.

maya said...

Thanks, Sarah!

Gillian said...

Cute picture.

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