These arms

July 23, 2002

These arms
This skin
My shoulders naked

I can't make these decisions.
I don't know what to call myself.
I don't know where
or what
or who.
And I am fascinated by why.

I just want to live
day by day.
Make the small decisions
as they come up.
Looking too far ahead
Branches and splinters
into uncountable possibilities
unfathomable consequences
And it is too much for me to judge and weigh.