True

I should have coffee in the morning

and a spouse to make breakfast for

kids to take to school

and a house with a blue door

but I have none of those things

I am a thirty-something

that never quite adjusted to time

passing bye

how did I get here?

I am a Stevie Nicks song on the radio,

a Joni Mitchell album on the coffee table,

a book of Emily Dickinson on my nightstand,

and maybe I don’t have someone to make coffee for

in the morning,

or someone to say hello and goodbye to,

but I do have wide open possibilities,

and at least to myself and what I’ve wanted,

I know that I’ve been true