We are the shattered
disrupted and the scattered
our interrupted passageways
to wisdom wandered
detoured through
our damage
scattered

We had all the patterns
right here in our heads
but everything was flattering
distractions like
those strangers and
their beds
we scattered

The wisdom always mattered
just inches out of grasp -
- and it's we who would be wiser -
because we drank
all the wine to
find that all the parts
are scattered

And we are the shattered
dislodged and battered
we're kaleidoscopic suns reflecting
lights of a wreckless
moon and nights
in tatters
we're scattered

We were scattered
unhome shattered
we were scattered
scattered
scattered

12/21/22