Petrichor

We are the poets of life that
live like verbs,
sing likes rhymes,
dance like syllables.

When given a great opportunity we
get drunk and ruin everything.

We know nothing of regret or shame because we can
laugh
cry
write.

We are like children
without hindsight or second chances
when we mutter incomprehensible jabber
and feel close to god.

We are men who match mountains,
women who walk on water,
we are fools who feel that finding love
is the greatest miracle of all.

Poem: "Petrichor" James Gagnon
Photo: Serena Sohn