written February 18, 2025, posted February 24, 2025
For M.
I know now there is no cell
of me that has not loved you
replaced bone by bone and drop
by drop kiss by kiss this
ship of Theseus we call a body
we call a soul now cannot
touch any part of this world
without saying somewhere
in the light somewhere
in the blood I once thought
there was no end to loneliness
but who knew then I could
name the sun the moon
the wild trees the loping jack rabbit
the hum of bees who knew
then I could lose and lose
yet not prevent the New Dawn
of flowers who knew
I could meet you
through the death of all
I thought was I so certain