NaPoWriMo Day 2

Prompt: Things I know to be true

I know that I spend far too much time

eyes tilted upward

that cars are the only reason I hate winter

that I’m happiest when I’m reading books.

I know that God is something I’m not able to understand right now

that I couldn’t survive a hurricane

that a good tube of lipstick can lift you out of a depression.

I know that you should never put a bra in the dryer

but that no one ever washes them by hand.

I know that my hands aren’t weathered enough

that my feet aren’t calloused enough

that I’ve stopped trying to fix either of those problems.

I’ve stopped trying to fix a lot of things.

I’ve stopped a lot lately.

I know that I haven’t been taking enough time to write poems

I haven’t stopped long enough to find them in the tree branches

and long walks home

in the curry bubbling

and showers-

there are a lot of poems that I should have stopped and wrote in the shower.

I know that I should stop dwelling on all the things I’ve

missed or

broken or

wrecked

since I stopped.

I know that I am probably not going to wash the dishes in a timely manner

that I’ll forgive myself anyway

that dishes mean so little at the end of the day.