15 Short Poems—Unrelated

1.
The lake glows gold this time of year.
Yellow trees.
Amber sky.

2.
I remembered you
the way the sea remembers waves.
You came and went
But were always there.

3.
There’s no place like home
Isn’t true.
Home is
people.

4.
Gold and yellow used to be my favorite colors.
I don’t hate them now
But I try not
To think of them.

5.
How would one find the end of a lake
But move the water elsewhere.
How can I find the end of my lake
But move my water elsewhere.

6.
I was locked in a room of ten thousand keys
with only one lock.
You were locked in a room of ten thousand locks
with only one key.

7.
Home is people.

8.
How would one find the base of a tree
But tear it out at its roots.
How can I find the base of our tree
But move the water elsewhere.

9.
Home was us.
Before the rooms of keys and locks.
Before the tree and lake.
Home was us.

10.
The lake is beautiful this time of year.
I wish I had excuses not to know.

11.
You are in a box called home
with ten thousand locks.
I am locked out,
trying to fit my ten thousand keys
while golden waves steal them
away.

12.
Home is not a yellow tree.

13.
Home is not a golden lake.

14.
Home is not us.

15.
Home       is        not