ardent pursuit
sometimes requires
delay to the notion of
timely arrivals
when the storms
of pain ascendent
demand less sail
and the charm of
the idea
that beckons
must be dismayed
to wistful waiting
as belayed destinations
await the proper winds
to unfurl.
patience is progress
unremarked.
my neighbor upstairs
has politely installed
wind chimes downstairs
next to my bedroom window
I suppose they are there
to comfort me
and ask my forgiveness
for her having dumped
kitty litter in my garden
several days in a row.
She serenades me with
cold tinkling tuneless chatter
to augment the matter
of her cats' bladder
Her wiccan bumper sticker
demands that I respect
her freedom of religion
I laugh
and sleep peacefully
in the full strength
of a stronger power
barely noticing the
cold expressions
of a joyless cacophony