Poem a Day 2026

emma tells me she can be 
the pond beneath the levee

squint to see it, emerald muck 
too warm but still worth 
testing 

hard to know where to start

the passwords to the vault 
are password protected
hints for them
too noxious to find

watching the lava and then the clouds
there it all is again 

let go and everything curls to fall
blooms to shadow

creep blanketing 
in night 

i could, you know
you could

squeeze fists until the water collides itself
too heavy to stay 

not promise or answer
but sleep like waves and let the dreams

decide

be willing, and fall