Apr 18 | Joseph (Poem)

I lost you among leaves

running through orchards

wholly painted

by sun

I lost you among curled shavings

watched in the workshop

pulled splinters

from tiny fingers

I lost you among lilies

you scattered birds

with your laughter

I lost you in me

My name

My work

My wonder

My fear

I lost you

Who will scatter the birds now?

all fallen silent

in the rain of your absence

Who will bring me home

from arthritic nighttime wanderings?

Who will be me

when I am no more?

Who will rise my sun?

-Clarity