Brian’sPoems

The Weight

Ya know that weight -
the one The Band sings about?
I’m feeling it right now,
though not directly,
just all around me
in the busy holiday season,
in the frigid winter weather,
in the death of a friend’s father,
in the frustrations of another friend,
in the fear of my fellow Americans,
in the difficulty I’m having
with keeping my heart open
and staying alive in the sacred space
of gatherings and genuine conversations,
of funerals and warm fires,
of the amazing opportunity
each morning presents
to slip into a poetic space with you,
where the only thing needing to make sense
is the infinite possibility of our being
and the very weightlessness of our souls.