lazy moisture

drip drip drip drip.

drastically daring &

dripping off the edge of a leaf

that has somehow made it to the end of autumn without changing

like the strongest individual you’ve ever known in your life---

someone with stage 4 cancer laughing in spite of it all,

with faith in absolutely nothing that they are told about possible positive

progress---

someone swimming against the current

up river &

with arms thrashing through the white water whipping whilst watchers wade

beside the lacking evidence of

pain---

this last final droplet of last night’s rain

about to dive out into the plain of oblivion

says goodbye to the storm that bore it &

hello to the ground way down below that it will soon

nurture &

help to create anew.