Peaceful Mind, Peaceful Heart

I miss you like a phantom limb. Cry in the kitchen at 2:00

AM. Scroll through ghosts, rewind the film. I mute the heart,

but it hums again. I worship grief like a bad old god.

Needle of memories stuck in the groove. Say, "I'm fine," but

the body nods. Pain has a language talk can't soothe. I keep rehearsing

brave, but fear won't leave the stage. If grace is just for saints,

then where do mortals pray? I've been running through a thunderhead of feelings.

Switching every breaker in the dark, still reeling. Shut it off. It sparks inside