July 20, 2011 – My Kingdom for an Autosave

There’s power in the walls we raise around
ourselves. From endless universe we carved a room
inside a home, inside a life and wound
up in the middle – desperate for a broom

that will sweep out the billion tiny bits
that we don’t think belong to us. But sand
remembers so much more than that which fits
within a boot’s cracked heel. A mountain and

a river and an ocean greater than
our rooms could ever hold is lost when we
are disconnected. No load of tillings can
return the traces of our latency.

Remain aware as we retread old trails
and pray we’re saved before our power fails.