a parting

december 5th.

sunny and beautiful. a hint of warm.

this place ive called home for 4 months
has given me one last present
of light

a send off, a loving goodbye
from the city usually draped in fog
and drizzled in rain

less than 48 hours left.
a paper to finish, a show to attend
and a room littered with mementos and old clothes
to pack and put away

as if i was never here.

we will clean the debris, the scattered cups,
candy wrappers, empty bottles
remnants of our gathering
joyous and celebratory
united in our efforts and our time
preserved in colored pixels

i will return home
to the gray and snow
and in only a matter of time,
ready to go again, ready to leave

yet i will linger
just long enough in this place
to cement this time in memory
like a hand print in the sidewalk

to feel, to know, to say
it was good
very good.

thanks will