08-01-2025, 08:11 AM
Why?
like the first day of school
like the first day of summer
like a pull on a slot machine
like a newly found recipe
like a gift exquisitely wrapped
like the first chapter
like a rising knot of sourdough
like a chance taken
like the first kiss
like a new born, purple faced and crying
like the peony stems my wife carefully stowed
Why can’t I be loved
for what I might become?
like the first day of school
like the first day of summer
like a pull on a slot machine
like a newly found recipe
like a gift exquisitely wrapped
like the first chapter
like a rising knot of sourdough
like a chance taken
like the first kiss
like a new born, purple faced and crying
like the peony stems my wife carefully stowed
Why can’t I be loved
for what I might become?