1: ad lucem

 

when we move, we take 

the first-date couch with us 

the matching chairs 

and the end tables  

to punctuate them 

 

and even though the new house 

is the same square footage 

as the old house, 

the new rooms are shaped  

differently, hold 

 

the couch 

the chairs 

the tables 

in a different constellation  

 

that makes it impossible 

not to walk into the past 

meet ghosts in the dark 

bruise 

 

and remember, almost too late, 

we’re not the same houses 

we used to be 

either. 

 

 

 

2: ad astra per aspera 

 

        in brick-blur 

the past outgrew  

my pocket 

 

so 

 

I stopped 

carrying it with me 

                 and now 

 

I drift  

again 

        toward  

 

stars