—I JUST WANNA BE FUCKING HAPPY

 

 

Steadfast

 

It’s another

mundane Monday

every day

Groundhog’s Day

Happy Valentine’s Day

in autumn

broken taxis

masks on all

the windows

flights in the drawer

farsighted CPR

babies born to bedlam

and that’s not even

one tenth of it

so I’ve been

dancing alone

in semi-circles

under the skittering

streetlight glow

with a power outage

in my throat and

a drunk therapist

reaching conclusions

that don’t map out

watching wine

flood by like water

but still I’ll lift

the heavy hours

for you

I’ll turn back

a warm sheet  

give you the best side

tell you a story about

how dark it was once

until the light

broke through

landing like a

crescent on both our lips

like a steadfast prayer

at last answered.