I Wait

There’s no crying in trying—
Pain is the upshot of doing
Pain is the upshot of failing—

Pain I await

No pain no rain no Maine
(at the border with Canada)

Now I can change these things from what I’ve learnt
Now I can effectuate these things to make the experience better

Now I wait
Now I dream

What I’m Reading:

Sometimes I watch time-lapse videos of continental drift, a bit of Paleozoic melatonin, when I need an escape from grief. It’s remarkably soothing…

— Jean Prokott / “Trust the Hours: Poetry to Reclaim & Rename the Sorrow”