joel preston west

without recalling whatever you’ve withheld from someone.  without regretting hasty words that you said behind their back.  without wishing you would have pursued more time with them.  without wondering whether or not they feel loved by you.  without worrying that you haven’t been who you could have been.  without thinking of yourself, mostly, as they grab the last [...]

The printer told me that
His daughter got married
Two months ago out in
Julian and he told me all
About the snow covering
The ground surrounding
The chapel and how there
Was not too much or too
Little but a perfect pillow
So that the light bounced
Up off of it and up on to
Her beautiful gown and
Dampened every sound
Making delicacy of each
Moment in [...]