Sometimes I whisper,
“Hello? Universe?
It’s me, the fox with too many feelings
and not enough divine correspondence.”
Then I stare at the moon,
because she’s the only one
who never interrupts.
I tried meditating,
but ended up yelling at a fern
because it reminded me of someone
who ghosted me in 2019.
Carl says I need perspective.
I say I need a refund
for all this character development
I didn’t ask for.
I finished my masterpiece, wept into my tail, and declared myself a literary goddess.
Then I stubbed my toe on a rock so emotionally aggressive it canceled joy for the rest of the day.
I told myself I feel older in the wise, whimsical way—
like a tree that’s finally okay with having moss in weird places.
But truthfully,
I feel a little haunted by the silence
where love still hasn’t shown up
holding flowers and bad decisions.