poor me

i went swimming with old friends

and the waves broke into stones

they were not the beautiful waves of your hair

i haven't seen in so long

in them

i saw you

absorbed in your self-centeredness

unforgiving and forgetting

went to national civil rights museum in memphis. so sad how the civil rights movement has stopped short of bringing race equality . memphis is still divided, as are most towns in the south. even in the north. by railroad tracks. crossed by no one from either side. unless you are chasing a runaway pet.

WHAT IS THE SHAPE OF MY LIFE?

my life is a circle 

fiery like the sun

my life is heart-shaped

with enough love for everyone

my life takes the shape 

of your beautiful face

my life is a line

with a beginning and an end.