Tuesday September 17, 2019
6:01am
5 minutes
The Yak
Hilaire Belloc
You will find it somehow easier
than you imagined it would be
not that it’s easy but it’s easier
You don’t give advice in the offhand way
that you used to
You ask if it’s welcomed
You take off your shoes at the front door
You are tired of reading about
the end of the world
You are tired of questioning
your right to take up space
You walk by the water
with the sailboats skating across the horizon
You touch the fingertips of a tree
Make a joke with a hydrangea
You make dinner
make breakfast
make love
make amends