about your life

I asked him an attempt to skew his mind off of the rants and frustrations

surprise he answered with such tenderness

the sunrise I can count on every morning as I walk to work the mountains tinting with the touch

my plants on the deck rail W and I cooking soup in the kitchen

vodka after work

my bike

my board

the way my desk sits in the room in my waking sightline

moose

deer

raccoons

knowing there are only seven weeks left and then

it all becomes new

again