at midnight- gerald locklin

[somethingvague7]

at midnight, i look up
from the gilbert sorrentino book
that i've been reading under flashlight

and i notice that the dipper and north star
have moved across the sky

and for the first time in my life
i FEEL the fact that i am in motion,
that everything is,

and simultaneously for the first time in my life
i do not want to die,
i remember how sad for years it left my daughter
when her grandfather died,

and i don't want to leave her with
a second sadness,

and for the first time in my life
i understand why anyone would want
to believe in reincarnation,
and would want to come back
to this world.