Widow’s Weather Vane

The present predeceased me

while I was reassembling

the then I thought was now.

I’m not known for the beauty

of my mourning, my guarded,

most protected gift.

This vertigo is benign,

but unexplainable, 

the experts say, and I 

should be careful how 

I turn my head,

in what direction,

and how fast.

[LSS, 12/10/20]