April Showers

April Showers
feel no different than March
they just feel tardy,
more foolish
 
They hit you hard
until you fall down
water rising
It’s now an April bath
 
No rubber ducks to float by toes
one wonders how to float alone
 
listen to the toes
hear what they say
now, we’re not alone
 
My toes and I see different worlds
Toe is friends with ants, I am friends with Todd
Toe embraces being plunged under water
I, my friend, do not
 
Toe is free, open to explore
under its nail is a soft soul
I am closed, scared to see
what the world is like below
 

Toe can break
and be repaired
back to exploring once again
 
I can break
frozen in bed
fearing my repair
 
too scared to move
the stillness aches
I’ll never search my world again
 


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April showers
let me see
how brave the toe can be
 
And once May comes
I can only hope
that like the toe
I’m free