keep a pen and notebook
next to the nightstand of your life
be ready to record
the scent of emotion
a fleeting idea
the tears of trees
an inkling of a dream
the whisper of leaves
scribble down
some crazy thought
the wakening of a sunrise
the song of the sky
the promise of dawn
the grey light of evening
milk the darkness
squeeze the diary of your mind
for just a bit of sense
to find some sequence
of wonder and worry
laughter and love
truth and tale
observe something
or anything
below the surface you’ve only been scraping
so you can write down
the part you
remember
some vestige of hope
some vestige of hope
that glimmer of meaning
so someone else might see
Barry DeCarli
Goshen, MA
September 11, 2014
©2014 Barry DeCarli
