Rather Wish You Well

I'd much rather wish you well than wish you luck.
love turns up dead but for some of Us... it's just Us.

II

Try as I might, the azaleas are doomed. 
I slip through pumice and overripe plums
to only always, very nearly -
as I somewhat almost always....
however seldom
or merely.

III

Love is how you get from here to there
without killing a god.