May swept through our house. Lilacs and rain. The world felt heavy some days, drenched in questions. But the iris bloomed. And I ate a bowl of cherries kissed by evening light. Some things feel too complex to hold like how the noise of the world is getting louder, but so is the silence. Some things feel too big to hold, like the future, but also the present. I haven’t found any answers, maybe only more questions. Out the aspens are dancing my son is laughing, and the hummingbirds will return soon. Maybe for now, that is enough. maybe for now, that is as close to an answer as I’ll get.
Emory Hall, “May”







