left on read

excuse my disappearing act

during my stays in foreign lands

i’ve laid down the fact that said words

once again

weren’t broad enough to comprehend

sent on our ways

laying down the ground rules that never existed

i’ve shifted into gratitude and frames

and saw legs and waving arms forever left now in

strange pathways

on strange intersections

with flashing lights amidst the home of homeless

some must stay there forever in nothingness -solely to exist

i’ve missed flights before

so now i wouldn’t - i won’t

i would take eyes and disguise myself as fellow travelers

we were always the same to begin with

we were always unfolding the same

created shapes just looked entirely different

and our view altered by our DNAs

the case now is to stay within the self

move so much that we are still

seek thrills and let them enter with a kindness no smile could ever offer

move within the wave

watch what lives in it

touch it and let it go

until the pen falls in your lap

during times of sweet misarrangement

-D.