find read nod, share

see my
decently sized notion
to jump to the side
of the thing that I know that
I don't?

find my eyes
wandering
wide
through the gossamer curtain
to a place that is
just barely
there?

if you'd seen me
catching
the feelings you've thrown me
more times than you've swung your arm

read that I
realize
that my page is different
from yours,
read: I'm aware

still

nod at my knowing
that parallel places
can be
if we'd fold ourselves in

adjust to the frame
of the picture I'm
hanging;
it's my vision
I'd prefer to share.

mind the rest

rag doll under clothes
old school TV, iced with dust
pile of things 'to do'

books row'd, growing row
rolls of paper, leaning heft
markers full of ink

blankets of items
me, no 'thing' inclination;
my mind is outside

careful, think beautiful

careful, they would say
don't get lost in your big thoughts;
mazes disappear

***

it's okay, I see
you're afraid. only think this:
nothing's as it is

***

consider the threat
of something so beautiful
like Vesuvius