FAMILY SNAPS

Flailing in unpaid bills and
          rent. Dams fail.
Eviction impends
the falling weight of water.
Addiction rends our moorings and we
          drift,
borne up on the current not
by buoyancy but insubstantiality;
desperate tears evaporate on
          stone...

Aimless but together we
occupy our little room:
you lost in Moody Blues
your unfed children on the beach;
I obsessive watch
          because
one day, alone
I may not remember your face.