this asylum

this asylum... away

Airy

and alone

This life has not been easy for you

a house and a yard full of broken things

A collection of mementos

useless except to remember

something that seems unconnected

guests that stay a long time

One child after another

Each so different from the other

a long silence and inner suffering

not shared or understood

many disappointments

and beds none of them home

the center is where?

everywhere and not at all

How could i start?

i can't even find the door

out here among strangers

that take apart the stairs

cautious isolated neighbors

each building a compound or a franchise

how could they possibly understand?

but one day it must begin


2006