a crossing

black bordered

yellow diamond

your silhouetted shapes

within

drive me to look

within

myself

am i

like this diamond?

am i bordered

by blackness?

am i

yellow?

am i filled

with shapes so simple:

one large ring

followed closely

by three smaller ones?

the questions cross

my mind

the answers cross

my lips

yes

yes

a dozen times —

oh, wait

those aren't onion bagels

they're ducks