If I only had a
ritual, something to center & calm
my nervous heartbeat
my nervous head.
You lie on my chest:
I hear it so fast.
In Florida a lizard crawled a fence
near your grandfather by the pool.
A plastic flamingo stared as I dove
in.
The old orange tree died, you know. We planted a new one.
The sky was colored blue, then grey, then
rain.
