The Next Word

Waiting for the next word

Clandestine or sweet

Plain and lovely

Brave, bold nonsense.

Love in a lantern?

Water is my favorite

Sweetly sweeping
clearly cleansing
too wild too deep

The darling of all metaphors.

Rocks, too.
Ancient and ever
Thoughts too heavy
and dreams that skip
and end up on dresser bureaus.

Windows
winter
clocks
and compass

Waiting, still.