Now we will rise
With no storm suppression
No night hanging dark heaviness
Nothing to distort or fade
That image of us
Set long years ago
I still carry you from
The top of the world to the bottom
You are with me always
At every meal we’re out together
When we shop or see movies
Good company in my back pocket
What’s a wallet for
Us always under the sun and the moon
Your dimpled smile
A captured image of simpler times
You’re snug
Gives me the reason to down
A bottle of mescal dry
Swallow the worm whole
And now wait for me
To rise with you
(This is my rough draft for Wednesday 10.25.23)
Lanning Lee 