From Writing Notebook 2021, published in 2022.
Never not maybe sometimes
Looking back
you will remember it
as a bad time.
Never
so reliable a companion
Sometimes
wasn’t at home much in those days
Always
flat-out refused to speak to you.
Things are better now.
Who is that at the door?
1/15/21
They are, surprisingly. (K)
Yes. Time heals. No matter what, I think.
I’m guessing it is Maybe….
Yes. Maybe! (It changes by the minute, doesn’t it?)