Heart-shaped Potato

For David

Of all the lessons
that I've learned
Of all the thoughts
that you've burned into my mind
that's the one I hope sticks

That something as simple
as a potato shaped like a heart
deserves to be remembered
or made into art, immortalized.

That's what the world is about
these moments - calm and quiet
that we can bring up
again and again - long after
those we experience them with are gone

Of all the lessons I carry
with me through life
I think of this most often:
Always sit in the speaker seat.
Become one with the music.
Life's too short not to.