A Writer’s Prescription for Unexplained Aches
A large dose of words—
by candlelight and in patterned socks/ to be
found on a shelf within a strong spine/ or passed
through lips/ in song/ chant/ prayer/ apology/ in a
coffee shop with your friend with kind eyes/ cradled
in your lover’s arms/ a large dose of words/ large enough
to fill pages in blue ink/ or overflow your kitchen sink/ repeat
until you see emerald grass and a sapphire sky/ until the night
air is not hungry for your blood/ repeat until the weight of the
world lifts from the small of your back/ until each word lays
a brick for the house you needed since your bones were young