Nothing But - Fran Carbonaro

[Larry Robinson]

Nothing But

your smiling face on the frig
your little boy laughing there too
and the one curious eye of your girl
just a moment in time
am I missing it?
closest living relative
a shutter clicks inside
what’s been chasing me all evening
gash of sadness, siren wailing in my belly
four foods later, still gnawing
sleep dances away yet again

almost like a daughter
which makes me not a mother
mine told me too much
so i’m only wishing i could
tell you the whole story
open like the sky and pour
the whole truth down
but another fire calls
your name into the night
and my fuzzy-headed prayer
floats up and gently follows 

you still have time and
the chance to connect the dots
the faces, the hearts 
dangling in your field
while mine are moving 
surely and quietly away
like the rapidly expanding
universe, i simply let go
surf the waves of uncertainty
pray for your future
and theirs							

	- Fran Carbonaro



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