Monday, June 10, 2024

ADVICE TO NEW LOVERS

You probably don't 
have to cling 
to spontaneity; 

improvisation 
is easier 
than it looks.

Witness 
how the buckthorn slings 
its tendrils through the garden rocks. 

Every inch, 
every moment 
is a trim, haiku-like stanza 

about how 
boundaries, memory, 
money, love, family—

beauty, truth, 
and even death—all 
shall one day come 

to fail us,
not just suddenly, 
but thrillingly.