Watch!

Watch! careful eyes compelled to be carefree

to bear witness;

to bear children's views on adult situations;

to not bear the burden of boredom

or to be blinded by the details;

the glistening engagement ring

finding its way down the drain.

Watch! behind your eyelids what exists

inside of a blink

the little vignette played out in front of you

that, like deja vu

seems to repeat confused;

the glistening engagement ring

finding its way down the drain.

Engaged to the idea of exploration

of making maps of ourselves

to never get lost along the way

to refrain from the poisons that made us

feel like ourselves even with

the glistening engagement ring

finding its way down the drain.