Wife
8.23.18 & 8.31.25 & 9.1.25
Like lightning in a cloudless sky it was clear she was here before she arrived Struck backwards in time – the full clouds weren’t there yet, these full clouds that carry life in them like she does Look at them I can name them now They are here sending light back to a bachelor in a dark apartment They are here, shade setting security against the sun scorching truth of life, providing cool respite and purpose I was never worthless but I felt worth less then than I do now while these grey/white and sometimes radiant red/orange stages stretched across the sky remind me of what I can be What kindness and what encouragement these clouds hold and then loose onto a ground that wants to produce


Congratulations Justin! Such a beautiful piece- captures that feeling of finally being fully seen by another.