poetry is what happens when I stop pretending

feather is a verb
talking to itself about flight
kiss is a noun with two people
hidden inside
train is a repetitive motion
in a single direction
that gathers or loses momentum
empty is a way
to say our impermanence
in no way impedes
our luminosity
poetry is what happens
when I stop pretending
earth is what I grip
when your wings
remember themselves
recollection is
the more contemplative cousin
of regret a star is
anywhere I could point
gravity is how we know
what we fall toward
has always been
rising to meet us