Aaron Lee (b. 1972)
SELECTED POEMS
Notes from a Diary
The day writes itself on paper
as the hours unravel into the distance.
How do I explain to you
where I am going?Straight unknowable road,
the randomness of the occasional tree,
the clear, cryptic air and horizon—
these will teach you again what is freedom.And always the crossroads: beginnings
or endings, you could never tell,
these signposts unlearning
what you always thought they knew.I have no diary. All that needs to be said
disappears like ink, as simply
as the sun will set today.
This is the loss I live for.
by Aaron Lee
from Five Right Angles (2007)
