The rain is falling
The candle is lit
The tea is brewing
and I
I am
here
trying
to breathe, to be, to bear
to put words to
the expanse
that
grows
and growls
and billows with each breath.
But I am here.
I am staying right here.
This expanse is not a black hole, but a widening of will
to hold on
to
this world Gd has given me
this life of pain and joy
these people of complexity and fear
and unreasonable
hope.