words, a form, of a thing
losing sight of some of it
speaking about the sunlight, about the trees,
the wind, against your skin,
not about the bugs, unseen
not about the sewer grate
the storm drain
a painting, another form
forgetting the wind
forgetting the feelings in your head
which too are a part of this thing
the thing's physicality
forgetting the parts of itself that leave it
when the sun goes dark
when someone keeps its image in their mind
the image incomplete without the thing
but the thing incomplete without the image
the image, maybe just an artifact of the mind
the eyes
but still a part of it