i'm sorry i'm the way i am
i sprint like a startled cat...

Go back to where you
came from...

The ocean is fathomless and welcoming.
Arms outstretch above...

In, thoroughly
then out, slowly...

Now I tuck you in. Your hands
are warmer today...

Let me tell you,
my depression...

The ride back
home was silent...

The house is mute,
steeped with exasperation...

2:41 a.m., I woke up startled
when a missile plummeted in a backyard...

You've never
been to Palestine...

Go on.
Speak of foreign lands...

The thought hits me sometimes
like a bolt from the blue, that...