05/10/2026
Flotsam
I saw the stained ceiling
with a colourless sky and iridescent clouds
and a sign etched with featherless fear.
I notched dreams in alphabetical order
on wooden stairway knots
and through the solitude of an open doorway,
watched chasing butterflies
on their way to somewhere—
where bees of better days
fly
through scattered errors
with their finders-keepers eyes
and effortless spoils of love.
Dreams robed in white
float as flotsam orbs in my
garden’s glow—
below and above the
horizon, I pen with the mightiest, most tender words of reason. AM 051026 Photo: Nacula Island 🏝️ Fiji 2019🗿 💜