Barn Door [this is about my ex-wife]

3-21-17, Junction, TX

I cried today

writing this.

That’s a lie

I sobbed

a kind young man

in the parking lot

wanted to know if I was ok.

I was thinking about

when we met.

I looked at you

and saw someone beautiful.

I still do.

But I got inescapably weary

of losing that battle

to your insecurity,

of knowing you

were sufficient for your day

only to come home

and find you defeated.

I wished to carry you

but my heart can’t

ache like that anymore;

I need living.

I just wish for you

to realize your future

to be powerful, to be as radiant

as you are; because,

unknown to yourself

it already is.