The Blessing Over Lateness
We push ourselves into time
and time resists
a little,
more trampoline than tunnel.
I can see the minute
I am
inside of, can see it go, become
a new minute, carriage
to pumpkin.
When I arrive, a wave of energy
arrives with me, rushes out
around me,
flood released by a hand pressing
the kiddie pool’s rim to
empty it.