Metal

I had been dreaming about kittens and weddings
inevitable things that would happen soon and once I knew love

and now I am thinking about elbows again
knowing that love is everywhere
wondering why it is also taken from us

I find a pen outside my passenger door

and

it

just

hits

me

We are metal

Gold, silver, copper
characterized by a unique luster
when freshly fractured
brass
such a substance in its pure state
is
salt in a solution

It surprised me that I could still hear the sirens
through my open window
tonight
I thought
maybe
just for one night
nothing else
bad
could happen
but nothing can stop the world
not
even
you
or
loss

But I can stop myself
from ever worrying
again