Reality
It’s not going anywhere
and it’s too big
to see all at once
so we examine one small area
or use a compass
or take a picture
anything
to make us feel better
about being small
but that doesn’t change
reality, it just changes
our little experience
which is also a kind
of reality, but not
the one I mean.
I want you
Let me do to you
what moths do
to cherry trees –
Love you
into oblivion.
by Michael Favala Goldman
Published in Poetica Review 2020.
