Luck is that way
rain falls over picnic
dropped vase, water
dribbles ankles, floor
slippery, rivulets
run driveway cracks,
car has a new dent
flaked with red paint
crimson tears on gray
I said the wrong thing
humor not taken such,
even though laughter
covers my ache at times
tears mingle with rain
look up through leaves
still green, threaten fall,
gold tinged edges, hard
metal unyielding cold
hands to throat damp
against chest, push away
don’t come closer, rain
washes away spirit with
dead leaves, storm sewer
fills, mud caked road kill
eyes to sky, lost friends
gone in flood raged river
leaves soaked as I am
