time
the pool of yellow flowers under the forsythia bush after it rains
someone you love kissing someone else
the birds making their nests (when the time has come)
growth
death
wind
birth
sweat
blushing
falling in love
the earth (spinning)
the sun (hot)
the moon (rising + setting, going through phases) (tides)
a woman in charge of herself with a mission
dreams
feelings
clothes you love from no longer fitting
tea from growing cold
snow from melting
people leaving
kids from making a mess
court rulings
gravity
poop/pee
decay
the leaves from turning in the fall
sand in everything, when you’re in sand
sometimes, laughing
mothers protecting their children
learning
making mistakes (same thing twice)
wrinkles
stretch marks
scars
odors
rivers
dry mouth from thirst
stomach hollow gurgles from hunger
things from falling apart
karma
destiny
entropy
goats from eating everything
paint from peeling
chemical reactions, once underway
children from growing up
children losing teeth + growing new ones
receiving emails, apparently
car horns in NYC (despite being illegal)
trash
the shape of your own face, at every age, with every feeling
fingernails and toenails from growing
loving
art from pouring out of artists (paint before food)
my left eye from twitching (it’s been weeks)
the swell of tears before they come
tears falling once they’ve begun
cut flowers from wilting