I’m sorry the maple leaves
I’m sorry the splintered table
I’m sorry the window
I left open, the winter
it let in
I’m sorry
both my hands, this supplication
like a cup, the redwood trees holding
the sky in place
I’m sorry cloud-cover
this time of year
I’m sorry the plum seeded with salt, that sour
bell opened, I’m sorry
cleaved to the unpalatable flesh
I’m sorry the matchstick fox running
through the thirsty hills
I’m sorry tattoos on the underside
of skin,
I’m sorry not
enough, or close to enough
I’m sorry time, and this taste
like wet metal
I’m sorry, my love,
the sap leaking
from the trees
I’m sorry the deer
no longer at the hollow
I’m sorry the roadways painted with ghosts