october 23, 2017 at the aviary 


dear tomorrow
dear today
dear blue sky
dear truck engine
dear crisp paper cranes
dear clear michigan lake
dear donny if you're listening 
dear hannah if you're singing
dear terry if you forgive me
dear ammah if you remember
dear daniel if you're waiting
dear davina if you're laughing
dear heart
dear lungs
dear eyes

do you hear the bells?
do you feel the breeze?
do you remember
do you know it, again,
do you know it
can you be unafraid 
can you be unafraid
today

---written about a year ago, the day I handed my keys back into the public school after 4 miserable weeks, feeling a fool, an imposter, a failure, but at least free one