Written by Kevin Stuart Brodie

 

 We can hope

 what tears us apart

 holds us together.

 

 We put our

 old pictures in albums,

 or away in drawers,

 but we still remember

 the feel of monkey bars

 in our hands

 and the upside down

 world that opened

 when we hung by our legs

 from the top.

 

 The path has been

 decorated with

 the satin and chiffon

 of old prom dresses,

 laughter in hallways

 and notes passed

 in classrooms.

 

 Sometimes

 the summer stars threaten

 to fall into the sea for good,

 chased over the horizon

 by a spot on an x-ray

 or a patch of black ice.

 

 And though we know

 the sun doesn’t

 really come up,

 we still find a way

 to take our daily bread.

 Even if the goblet

 needs to be held

 with two hands.

 

 

Text © Kevin Stuart Brodie

 

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