even
though i drank
from
the moment i woke
i
couldn’t stop thinking
about
the time spent
with
the elderly lady
down
the hall
and
the way it made me feel
that
maybe
just
maybe…
when
i deflect the focus from me
is
there room for something else?
went
to a homeless shelter
helped
with dinner
i
quickly learned
i
was the only one in the kitchen
who
wasn’t there to satisfy
a
court sentence of community service
as
they collectively asked
what
i did to be there
befuddled
i
stared
then
asked,
“is
it really gravity that binds us to this earth?”
then
the hunger of the homeless intervened
calling
everyone to battle stations
(what
did i do?)
i
lost my way
on
the dark streets of decay
sought
refuge with jenny
learned
the word impermanence
and
now?...
too
soon to say
i
came home
lifted
weights
now
i’m pacing my place
with
a bottle of water
trying
to find the humility to pray
for
the ability to forgive
he
who has hurt me the most
me
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