Poem

Am I Not Light

At home
space abounds
my footsteps
echo in the hall
music floats aloud
looking for ears
to rest on
Space, overwhelming
yet i constrict
tight within my breath
slowly ebbing away
one by one, today
my spirit shudders
it realizes i am alone
as i have been.

Outside, bustle
footsteps, the street
bells of storefronts
clerks recognize me
for a moment
the ache takes leave
a transaction of my life
yet I yearn
for more than the cost
for more than what passes
between
for touch
or warmth
or recognition
aren't we all seeking
didn't we before
and do we later
look for another,
to find our selves.

I walk, it's cold,
light flickers
calls me,
catches me,
am i not light
too
i recognize myself
my aloneness
in what i see,
while others pass
a glimpse
of what we are
yet don't see
in our busyness
today
alone
i see.

I sing.
I cry.
i love.
i breathe.
i yearn.
i alone
struggle.
alone
i give
you
this.