91. Narrative

there are [too] many twistsandturns

for me to be comfortable

            with the direction

            of the narrative that calls itself

            [your/my/our] Life

but if it’s a current I’ll continue to ride along it

and if it’s a force of nature

I’ll make sure the walls of my house are proofed

and if it

            comes to the

                                    conclusion that

                                                            it’ll tear us to

                                                            nothings

shreds aren’t awful,

they’re just pieces of what

used to be whole, and

it’s only because you can’t patch

them together that

anyone cries.

            [We know what they were.]

            [That should make us strong.]