reunion

there are answers

pinnacles of all the winters that i’ve faced

all of those harsh frosts realized in one wind

leaving me in stone,

gazing at the evidence

peering at the puzzle finally completed

observing riddles i had written as a child

then read only to be confused

now i’m breaking down doors that were once barred

translated the poetry i scratched into trees

every blessing and sin

seems to have warrant

a reason to the rhymes in my skin

true merit expressed in these pains

salt in these tears