poetry

how are you?

Milton Brasher-Cunningham

24 Sep 2021 — 1 min read

HAY

how are you?

is the throwaway question
in need of redemption
when asked
it should be followed
by a pregnant pause
the questioner
willing to be the midwife

we have let ourselves
settle for hit and run
compassion
for lots of reasons
we mean well
we want to know
--I’ve got to take this

i know you’re not good
I’m not either
everybody hurts
to say it out loud might
mean we’d just stand there
holding on for dear life
that would be a good day

life is full of incidental
contact waiting for
a few well-chosen words
that make room
for love to be born
when we had just stopped
for a cup of coffee

Peace,
Milton

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