Recuerdos

REMEMBERING

I remember possibility

all dressed up in one word

that opened to a world

of voices, of hope

each handshake given

each embrace counted

for winnings

for another door to open,

I remember tomorrow

dressed in old rags

she had been rich

she had been hip

now she sat on a bench

by a statue at the center of some small town

where no one knew her,

she liked that

no gods or nature to bother with

no possibility of work,

I remember daydreams

how they twirled and twisted

round spring and autumn

catching early snow in their cups

writing poetry of otherness

writing words that stung and pleased and broke

hearts and doors,

I remember sadness

all in black

keen blue eyes

spoke in riddles

decipher one and world’s end

decipher two your heart is trapped

you say goodbye she clips your wings

so you fall

so you fail

always promising new things

no one has seen.