i asked God
I asked god / to show me bright things on my walk
Some days there are daffodils / today it was dog piss
I guess I should have been more specific
This is what it feels like to be 26 / Sometimes the sun is out and I feel okay
the light makes shadows on the lawn / gold and green camouflage
other times my chest folds in / wet paper mache with no structure
Life seems to be this constant oscillation / between rust and newness
i am hardened by years of rain / then the rust is sloughed off and I shine again /
Maybe I am a fool / for thinking it could be any other way