unread

one can mark unread
the years to do over - list
the caravan of causes you will stand for -
one can finally bottle caution
let the wind and remark
pass by

but with the passing of anything framed in time
i find
it becomes much harder to re-love those once loved
and it becomes much harder to gather
new thoughts
without a previous read becoming all to
clear

but marked
unread
one can believe there is still time

still time
to (become) to become one of those really good people
one of those good people  - feeding and clothing,
one of those people - giving
forgiving

but here it is caution - that tempts
the wind

that
if it was just a matter of'
flagging life as
unread
why would delete even be an option

bkmackenzie (2017)