Only

I’ve changed 
talking about
my aloneness
from just
to only
just sounds
like something
is missing
whereas only
sounds like
a desire

Light

What does 
the light
of a
single heart
hope to
see in
a world
of darkness
why itself
of course
for that’s
all that
it needs

Cleaned

Now after done 
I can relax
reflect and relate
others keep going
but me no
here I’ll sit
for a moment
letting the sigh
of jobs done
disappear with the
dust and dirt

Barber

Hammer and chisel 
scissor and shear
spade and rake
does it matter
when making beauty
marble hair soil
when one can
using one’s hands
take imagination and
make it imagine
and then make
it just so
an artisan uses
their hands like
dancing with life

Been

It’s been a
long time since
I’ve been this
this not since
that this happened
and the cover
was torn off
funny then how
when could be
sees the light
what had been
falls into shadow
learning its place