IT IS APPROXIMATELY THERE…

it is approximately there

where God ran out of threads

where land is not sewn to the sky

and dangles

as a teddy bear’s torn paw,

another bit of someone else’s childhood

it is approximately there

where the Lord’s hand

doesn’t touch the shadow of a lonely tree

felled by human hands

just before the Holiday

this is something like

as if the sun knelt

and beseeched forgiveness

from you

and me

for

warming

our hearts

belatedly