Special

When we were told as kids that

we were special,

it wasn't true.

But it was a prophecy, a promise.

To make someone of yourself,

someone truly special.

Mid-dream

Have you ever woken up

in the middle of an amazing dream

and though you try to resume the dream

you'll never know how it should end.

You can only live your dreams

if you wake up,

though you'll have to figure out

exactly how they end.

Grandparents

Two tall trees stood

At the bottom of their garden

ever since they lived there.

One fell the week he died.

I stood over the stump,

having once sheltered there.

Same lessons, different classrooms

I'm looking around

this Manhattan penthouse party

just as clueless

as when I delivered the village papers for pennies.

I know I won't know much

until I know myself.

Tailored

Weddings, Funerals,

Business, as usual,

the mood

in the hue

of the suit.

I expand to fill

its broad shoulders,
and still

there's room to spare.