Questions

It is tough to pinpoint why I feel so much better.  Except I do.  I am on day 5 of an increased dose of an antidepressant... but then... there are the crocuses... and lunch yesterday with a friend... and the sun.

Is it the sun?

Is it my daughter

Claiming a college?

Is it the purple crocuses I saw

Yesterday?

Is it lunch with a friend and

Chicken curry soup?

Is it driving again?

Is it the right dosage

Of medication?

What are the independent,

The dependent

Variables?

I never did understand

Statistics

Only got an A

At community college

Because the teacher was thrilled

With me.

So be it.

So be it.

Here I am

It is finally

Sort of

Spring.

Is this the right dose?

Is it the sun?

Is it my daughter?

Is it ducks across the way?

Independent

Dependent

Interdependent

Here I am

Such as it all

May be.

Crocuses

Almost missed them.

Teeny tiny purple crocuses

Hide

Almost out of sight

But still

Not quite.

They require a detour

From the usual path

Into the building,

Whisper their purple presence

From six feet away

(Here we are)

(Here we are)