At Times, Confusion

At Times, Confusion


At times, confusion,
uncertainty (fragile gifts
to flower on earth

like perhaps children
who ask only for answers
nobody gives but

are not expected,
the asking being a game
to play in mornings

after a bee sting
a blue snake, Daddy's dead friend,
nightmares about God)


Bobby Byrd


"At Times, Confusion" from Get Some Fuses for the House: Household Poems by Bobby Byrd. Copyright © 1987. Reprinted with permission of North Atlantic Books.