Changes

in change
redness, raw scratchings
sketches of time and heartache

in change
rattling bones and snuffing dog noses
so far
how do parents survive?

the ribbons, threads, quiltings, loomings
it's all the same
confusion, tangle,
one at a time
loosing the arrows
is so hard
leaving those red welts on the forearm

always an ache
it never lets go