“Free from obstructions;

open and clear.”

 

“Clear, unequivocal.”

 

“Simple.”

 

My life is quite unassuming

Clothes are bought out of necessity

Skin fragrance-free

I travel with a bar of soap

a toothbrush

and try diligently to collect

no worldly belongings

that might disconnect me

from the purpose of my soul;

admiring the beatnik heroes

I have come to place my trust in

The Buddhas, the Jesus’, the Bukowskis

 

However,

with that said

what I do tend to pack

in this traveler’s knapsack

is the guilt of those

I might have slighted throughout the years

intentional or not.

 

So, accept my apology,

in the only way I know how to,

beautiful ol’ friend

who

I now know

is anything but plain.

 

 

 

af

 

 

 

(written with pen on paper)