and bones,
to the arms we use
to cradle
or embrace—
everything we own
that's made
to contain,
eventually will relax,
unfold, crack,
and break open.
But paradoxically,
our eyes
may remain
and live on
in the volatile brains
of others,
since those
were used most, not to hold
but hold back—
and likewise,
our hands,
which were never really built
to restrain or enclose
so much as (truth be told)
to remain open
and wanting.
