Yellow

We walk on eggshells
you and I
each piece
a gritty piece
of our past
the absurdity of effort
in not breaking
an already broken
shell
it does not matter
if it is more broken
or less
it is not whole
we are not well.

Humpty Dumpty
is a distant memory
the king is gone
there are no men
the horses are
unbroken, wild.
It’s just us
along the wall,
in the distance
a mirage of chicks
paints our dreams
Yellow.