"astral"

The ceramic mask

shattered;

it fell off of my face

until the enigma made itself known

and I was jupiter and neptune

and I spanned across the astral

because for once

I could just

be

with no expectations

and no tangled wires,

all I was

became all I am

and I became enough

for this world

that the mind inside

of this vessel

never seemed

to fit into.

The coffee spills down the stairs

but at least your denim overalls

and the aloe you keep in your office

makes you seem more

human

than you were before,

at least we are

and at least we will continue

to be,

at least now we know

or maybe we do not

but at least we made it.