Once, I wanted to paint
but the canvas
wasn’t there
I found, instead
just an old bed sheet
that someone
had left out in the
early morning
Miami rain…
…poor visibility
and cataracts
cloud my
judgement.
I
find comfort in
your arms when
the weather beats
against the shutters,
when the old
drunks clatter
down the street
at 4AM
when there is
a truck abandoned
at the end of the block
with its lights still on
when
a life is lost
or
a soul forgotten.
I think of
a shipwreck
twenty years ago
…I dream of youth
and riding the finest
horse in the world
across the finish line.
We’ve never lost have we?