Half Past Love

This watch

tells time

decorates

my wrist

weighty

in its gold

and silver

presence

but it’s neither

jewelry nor

timekeeper

it’s forgiveness

the first taste

of understanding

its an exhale

a moment

when I knew

that my mother

truly saw me

when shopping

one day she

took me - her

only daughter

to the counter

where men

shop for watches

and helped me

pick out this

watch that tells

time very well

both hands

pointing

right at

love thirty...