Someone I knew

Someone I knew

 

grandfather withdrew his knee

I bounced on assumption

thought love was in his pocket

but he never reached into it

 

I fell on a floor of theory

I bounced on assumption

love was a cold locket

empty, no little picture

 

no patience for little children

no assuaging their fears

no wiping away their tears

no little picture

 

empty life

now I genuflect on bended knee

praying for a man

so cold

 

his lap froze

to a pocket

carrying a locket

with no little picture

 

just an empty life.

 

 

erin-cilberto

9/11/24