Sarah Rooney Designs

painting: “Home Again” Acrylic. Sarah Rooney.

Two suitcases and a stolen twin and fox sightings
One backpack and a stray cat’s cot and the coqui frog’s lullaby
An open concept closet and a queen to myself and these big stupid gorilla arms

I keep my window open at night
Take the trash out barefoot
Keep my bare toes used to the gravel
Make sure my hair remembers the taste of open air

A closet and a microwave
and tall ceilings and candle sticks
Deadlines and dead air
And these big stupid gorilla arms

Two suitcases and the easy smile of now
A backpack and no where better to be
Sand for a pillow and arms light enough to lift in the breeze
heels that just whisper kisses to the ground

I keep my window open at night
Listen to the ivy’s giggle
Tickled by the breeze
Dream skys open and roads wound

I keep my window open at night
Lay my head heavy
Wonder if the wind has forgotten me here
If it could still carry me

With these dragging knuckles