Later by the bedside stand
I heard something land
A swirl of dust, the bookmark had just fallen from your hand
“Is this fixable?”
Time and tide will show
There’s what’s visible
And what’s undertow
Oh that I had wings to fly
Away and be at rest
Leave this place and make my home
In the wilderness
“Is this fixable?”
Seems like soon we’ll know
What’s divisible
And what we’ve outgrown
Ladder to the rooftop deck
Attic to the sky
All that’s sunk must rise again
Doesn’t matter why
Later in the kitchen there’s a shiver in the light
A tapping just behind the wall
A flare just out of sight
“Is this fixable?”
Only time will show
What’s still visible
And what’s trapped below
“Is this fixable?”
The wind spirals the crow
From the canyon to the ledge to the plateau
Later in the kitchen there’s a flicker in the light
I thought that I had understood
The message but not quite
