Part I · Wonder
Time
the stages of life.
I. Future
what is tomorrow?
or the next day & the next.
everything bleeds & bends—
so much i can’t feel my
feet. face. hands.
monday becomes tuesday,
becomes today.
& today is already gone.
just circling back
to tomorrow.
II. Past
leave the past in the past
but why would i?
it predicts the future so well.
patterns rarely ask for permission.
they always remember their way home.
the past
tells the future
in reverse.
III. Present
where the garden grew too long,
weevil lay still, holding out his hand and said:
“sit in this second with me, ladybug.
one.
two.
& three.
this second
will never happen
again.
so sit here,
with me.
& breathe.”