WHY ARE THE YOUTH SO SULLEN

In all of these photographs
on all of these tiny portals -
So sullen and snide
bathed by smoky morning light
and none seeming to own but half a shirt
and always always someone is jumping through the air
(A cousin? A brother? A boyfriend? – gosh he loves to jump)

Worried shoulders
gaze fixed on the horizon
where something they can not yet process
is afoot -

Adulthood.

- DALLAS CLAYTON

so much to say

but not there are no words.

time to pick up the puzzle pieces.
and reassemble.
it'll take longer than i want.
and i don't want to even start trying.