A Long Time from Home

Another thunderstorm rolls in
To interrupt weekend laundry.
Everywhere in the world is worse
Than here, which makes here so fragile.

Oh, it’s all frail, it’s all so frail
In a desert’s monsoon season,
And you’re frailer than the weather.
It’s just not all under pressure.

The feeling of a safe space broke
Off to become the ghost called home
In human minds, long time ago.
Wait out the lightning. Grab your clothes.