Cycle
for Ellen de Vries

Funny how the light
can fall sometimes

and cast a shadow
not behind

but before:
meeting you outside

Circus Circus
I seemed to

come full circle,
your bicycle wheels

reminding me
of the time

when I too
chased that prize

and lost out.
Let’s meet again

where the light
has shifted so

I’m walking
the bicycle

and you are
consoling me.