Leaning
I lean on the edges of this moment
Test their viscosity
Is this memory
Going to pop and dissipate
Effervescent
Will it blend into
The million other mornings
I listen to the breath
Of a slumbering child
The sounds of another
Preparing for school
Even as
My heart clenches
In understanding
Of the transience
Of my routine
Already halved
Compared to others
Who didn’t implode their families
Perhaps this moment
Will stand the test of time
When life has obfuscated
The rest of them
Perhaps
My aching heart
My dripping mind
Will pull this poem
Out of time
And I
Will
Remember
This one morning
I held on
Breathed deep
And surrendered
To what will be
For the sake
Of what is
Right now
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