yesterday
drinking coffee
with a woman who has no reason to lie
she tells me
how heavy i seem
to her
heaviness not in substance
but in spirit
she recalls
how light i seemed
for awhile
how different that was
today
drinking coffee
with a woman who has every reason to remember
being light
for awhile
how different that was
not only in spirit
but in substance
she absolves
heaviness
of its necessary resolve
for putting one foot in front of another
doing the next right thing
feeling its breath
across time and distance
carrying
light
against the odds
