I WOKE UP TODAY, AND EVERY DAY.

isn’t it so obvious- that we were never meant to be

here bearing witness on this black & blooming

eyelid ? yes, yes it is either too hot

or too cold, & our skin revolts against

the gifts & graces of day, & evening patronizes

with its patience, whispering endlessly

‘i know the end’. but, see- how the sunflowers reach

toward one another in the absence of their

queen (& seemingly without complaint)? how lovers

cannot eat a clementine without sharing it & how

its white boning cascades into the field, like hymns?

how to be here, & really here is to be

everywhere at once? we were never meant to be-

how incredible then, that we are.

Stephen Joffe is an award winning actor, musician, writer, and sound designer based in Toronto. He has previously been published as a playwright, songwriter (Birds of Bellwoods, etc.), and poet.