for two voices

I am longing for down time
Haven’t you had enough already?

Falling into delight
a place of no error

Where every glad, glorious, or groveling moment
is a reminder

That nothing lasts forever
which is a good thing.

To become aware that everything is always
relaxing, expanding, changing

You need the right vehicle
so be inventive

And if you have no car, no boat?
then a raft will do

or a carpet?
Yes, or any shallow surface
upon which you can stretch
yourself taut to illumine your wings

then fly?
yes, then fly.

Lisa Vihos’s poems have appeared in numerous poetry journals, print and online. She has four chapbooks, two Pushcart Prize nominations, and multiple awards from the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets and the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters. In 2020, she was named the first poet laureate of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Find her at lisavihos.com.