I LOVE MY BOOK

by Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Hawk Deck 4:11pm

If My Book were near Me

would I write?

Yes, I’ll go get It

& bring It outside

I thought, earlier

to write a poem titled

“What Is Depression?”

but all I could come up with

is It’s The Opposite

of what My Life is now —

One of fulfilment, contentment

& Big Ideas

to ground The Rest of The World

into Balance