The light was too bright for me last night. My eyes turned red and watery. You were too much for me to fathom. Too much to take in all at once. I returned to my bed, bleary and burnt. Even the morning sun doesn’t have such an effect. Doesn’t leave me scrambled and new.
Late Night Surprises and Early Morning Revelations
More by Geri
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Listening to Wind
It is September, yet
I can still hear the beach.
The sea moves and swells;
it tumbles to the shore,
dusts itself off,
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I think my parents deserve to be happy.
They deserve to laugh and sit on the floor and coo over babies.
They deserve to talk in a language I don’t understand.
They deserve to look at each other with love.
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Providence
Sweat gathers everywhere as
I climb the golden pavement.
The known ways, the known faces
are waves in the sound.
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