Authored: July 6, 2025

I’ve walked to and from
I’ve walked with and without
And I’ve walked with you.

It’s just a curiosity on a morning walk
Today I am alone but I’m thinking of you
And how you would be taken at the oddity
Of this ornament, broken by the side of the road.

Laying on its side, bulb cracked, wires exposed
The fence post lamp has been knocked down, undone
Most trivial — unimportant
And most would just walk on by.

But you.

And I think of all the questions you have
And the how's and the whys
And all the plans defined and formulated
To unmake, to heal, to rectify.

You are not here, still you’re with me
And I carry your wonderings
And your plans, and your awe
Your abandon to that simple moment.

I’ve walked to and from
I’ve walked with and without.

Today I walk alone
With your hand in mine
And in every step, I feel your heart
And in a broken lamp, your shining light.

How much of you
Has unbroken me.