to sadness (poem)

Sadness, you weigh, like the house-eaves
during monsoon rain. my hair, wet

from the bath. Sadness, you roll
wooden boat in the bay's wake, single blossom

blown down the path. Sadness,
you pool, finding basins in weak places

hollows of my bones, depressions
in the grass. Sadness, you rest

like dew on stone (moist kiss) then withdraw
from the land like mist.