Thursday, February 24, 2022

IMPONDERABLES

Though the rest of you 
may continue 
to grow 

heavy 
and tired 
and old, 

I'd be willing 
to bet 

that your eyes 
will not.

Because, 
no matter what 
you have been through—

no matter 
the unconscionable things 
you have thought—

I have watched them 
hold tight to 

their little dots
of truth:

not that life 
is too precious 
a thing 

to ever stop 
protecting, 

but that it's 
fickle 
and unsteady

and too erratic 
not to shoulder—

and yet 
far too fragile 

to ever
let drop.