Lately

Lately I’ve been doing a lot of nothing

but listening,  

trying to find a way through this

riot of colour.

I’m unsure of everything

except the steps

will be small at first:

Listen,

learn, lament.

Pray, pray,

pray.

Act, act,

act.

Is there any way to begin

again

than calling forth the mass 

of all we’ve lived and lost, 

laying it bare

for one another,

one oath

in front of

the other?