it's simple (poem)

it’s simple

it’s simple,

this voice learning to hear itself


like the way the book falls open

to just the right page

the one that says ‘yes!’
& has obscure handwritten notes scribbled in the margins


so simple,

this window opening to the moon

how you brush aside the curtains so gently

with one hand

to get a better view
& the silver light kisses your cheek in thanks


so simple,

this heart opening to love


how you’ve stretched it before

a hundred times beyond the point of snapping
& have finally come to discover

that the heart knows

how to bend, how to give, how to expand outwards
in all directions


& never once needs to break


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from 'wafting toward heaven' - my Kindle book of poems available here