Friday, December 22, 2023

Nicotine

Today I woke tender,
Tired.
Weighty with disappointment.
I feel sorry,
For the ways I
Get in the way 
Of love.
For the shaking
Of heart and
Weakness 
Of resolve
To do better.

For the fear,
Of the needed breaking.
Of the spillage
Bound to happen,
The mess I’ll make
In order to clean.