clarity

A False Arrest

art source: anon

art source: anon

Clarity is my noble quest

As I find myself put to the test

Another’s made a false arrest

Traditional connections become compressed

Words are hurled at her behest

They rebound off my bulletproof vest

Discarded bruises, so tender yet

I salve them with my raw regret

Oxygen drains can’t catch a breath

How to mend this temporary death

Or maybe I just hop a jet

And soar to heights; close all bets.

That won’t do, some things are set

There’s no escape hatch, no deep breath

I grant her all her things possessed 

And fling to sea this past-filled net

I keep in mind my life is blessed

I can’t fix things that I don’t mess

So I circle round & fluff my nest

With truth & sins already confessed

Tricia Schwaba, from the archives, circa 2015