UPDATE
by David Radavich
Today I live in the shadows.
And that includes you.
I’m not sure why.
Perhaps it’s the rain
tipping the trees,
drooping the daffodils
or world politics
in such glaring light
the darkness feels
more comforting,
more compassing.
And of course
you are with me
even though
you are not here,
so the air feels
damp with longing
that the universe
will turn on its axis
and the needy earth
will rise again
beneath the masks
of the searing sun.