two sides, my life
one underneath.
[inhale; the world lightens:]
i am...in high school.
i hide my poems beneath my philosophy notes.
gracelessly i swim i swarm
through hallways through
bodies through
my time on earth,
on my way to schoolwork.
[inhale:]
i am in a library.
i have an exam tomorrow;
for two days i've been studying:
i am tired.
my roomate runs up
and we run off into the snow before christmas.
[breathe:]
i see myself; i recognize
me.
in warmth, i am smiling, i am happy;
reaching out i accept, i lift,
i embrace the tiniest, my child.
over her fragile shoulder
he and i share eyes
we share something inside
finally i feel
i am home.
[open eyes:]
drinking lemonade
i turn to see myself
writing psalms
wringing hands
--when am i?
i am home.
i see my world
i swim between.
