Cartographer's Pen

I am scattered again   

                   Across cities,

                                Playgrounds

                         And residents -

In sifted words

That break apart like continents;

Like young lovers who grew up too soon.

                          Help me make a place for you

In sequestered letters

Breathing hollow

The vowels that bore them meaning

       I am gathered again

To family & friends

       The blood of longing

Runs richly through

       Our veins

Stories canvas the night air

We roam neon boulevards

‘til weary, we remember home

                         Help me make a place for you

Sturdy as the evensong

Sturdy as the wind carries me

Like parachutes

Beyond all that has come & now is gone

                           To seed the cities

                            With the ashes of my days

In furrowed lines, a cartographer’s pen

I am scattered again.