Sisyphus

Sisyphus

Why can’t I

Get close to you anymore?

Is it because

While you go on,

I have decided

To push this boulder—

My Ignorance—

Uphill all the while?

Ships

Even battered ships at sea

Lose their will to sail on

Secretly, or not so much so,

Angry at their failings,

Angry like a thousand suns.

I Live In Retrospection

I live in retrospection

“If only” is my battle cry

No one promised a golden road

No one guaranteed only blue skies

I speak a foreign tongue

My words fall like nonsensical rain

I am trying to prevent catastrophe

I am trying to comprehend the distance

The best bridges connect in the middle

Houses require stairs between stories

I am not a brick layer or carpenter

I am a storyteller

I am nobody at all