when the sun shines
after some time
I won't remember
can't hold things long enough
whether good enough, bad enough
it's just a residue
black coal soot,
the powder of a palmed butterfly.
when the sun shines
after some time
you won't remember
can't hold on long enough
whether good enough, bad enough
just a trace in air -
the smell of clinging smoke
a cloud of lavender;
but when the sun shines
that's the very time
I need to remember
what went on long enough
was it good enough, bad enough
had I done enough, had enough
whether a birth mark
or a burn.