31st st / 34th st

4.46 miles

a prayer

praise
for this leaf

asking
forgiveness
will you forgive me?
for i am selfish and mean
i am unkind
i am lucky
to have two parents who
love me
who love each other so
deeply

thanksgiving
there is an unkindness yet
you hold open the door
you give the man on the subway a
twenty
you serve me 계란 and 밥
you do not wipe away my tears
you ask for nothing in return

selfish
i am
thankful

help
yourself
they sleep on the
sidewalk

who are you, father god?
mother god?

i am easily unmoored
by the impermanence of this life.