wearing a heart on your wells fargo sleeve

fall into the well�"like a fairytale
trying to find constellations buried in the earth
                                     upside down
Calliope and Orion shake their heads, withdraw their silver fingers;
they say, you always look to the wrong thing in the wrong place
                                      looking down and back
                                           instead of up and forward
                                      let’s be honest, the well of despondence is never far away from you.
I am taken aback, fall backwards in a three-inch deep puddle.
hide my face.

They are correct in their summation.
But it is love that wraps its arms around me and prevents my leap

                      From the edge
           of the ledge.
turns me on my back
                                          so I can see the stars.