joy

joi

i sing my joy but

i sing my joy but 
only the mountain knows the 
language of the wolf

what if the grammar
constraining love and joy were
indeterminate

at my happiest
i do not break my back to
strive for happiness

what if the reward
for choosing love over joy
were often neither

my lesson today
is that the joy in my heart
is beyond your grasp

these things that I seek 
will not bring me more joy than 
the things that I have

do not postpone joy
to earn your reward because
the joy is the thing

a man can find joy
with anyone so long as 
he does not love her