Maya

Absolved free of the scorn, I've wrapped her in, she passes from our home, uncertainty arrested, my letters binned, her tears trip uncontested, believe me a career is born, by making false decisions, wronging women my new crown, delivery, testimony manifest, between myself and her lips, whoever knows what’s best, they tell me nothing shorts, the rattle of wind on sill, that cannot beat bad thoughts, I pause, bitterly still, sunlight cracks the window,