To make way for you

I've made these
boats
-sweat and blood
built some large
some small

some that don't
balance right-
capsize in water
watercolour wounds
spill out,

I've used my hands;
moulded the
white-ashes
of once proud trees,
studied a course
on origami,

I've tested the
water, my feet
trying to float
in tornado
waves

to make way for
you.