Let’s Be Boring Together

By Peter Gutiérrez

Let’s be sleepy in trees
Let’s awaken when they do
Let’s move slowly even if it hurts
Let’s watch the wind as it fails to arrive
Let’s chase nothing save the still moment
Let’s accept it all and keep our hands open
Let’s smile like idiots at animals and children
Let’s hear each other being quiet in separate rooms
Let’s read aloud passages we’ve read only silently before
Let’s not wonder where the time went—it bound our presence
Let’s walk outdoors together when the weather is good, and bad
Let’s teach each other simple things that we’re embarrassed not to know

Let’s be boring together
Let’s

Peter Gutiérrez has been writing and publishing poetry for more years than he cares to admit. Additionally he has written comics, criticism, nonfiction books, and short stories professionally. He lives in New Jersey and can be reached at fiifgutierrez@gmail.com.

Photo: HyeM.