a chance of rain

drops of rain
pushing through
creating new worlds
giving way

walking back
a quick jagged flash of lightning
underlined the sky
huddled under my umbrella
watching
i stopped on the corner
waiting for the traffic signal to clear me to walk
no cars for miles

rain fills in the cracks
glassy surfaces
smoothing it all over

tiger eyes

grief is hiding.
tiger eyes darting in the night
wait wait wait
murky yellow tiger eyes
that comes waiting
to lurch out in deep
guttural sobs
haunches quivering
it's been hiding too long
too hungry

oh, how i had thought i domesticated you

again and again

when I start feeling
pulled down
into the weight
of life, I think,
is this what evolution
is like?
the grinding
changes of consciousness
that makes me feel as if
synapses are snapping
only to rearrange,
again and
again and
again.