load bearing

Every surface
waits
to be useful. 

The table 
does not 
ask to be admired. 
 
It holds. 
 
The door 
does not speak. 
 
It divides, 
supports, 
and stays 
closed. 
 
Empty space 
is not nothing. 
 
It allows 
movement, 
breath, 
pause. 
 
Remove what decorates. 
What remains 
earns its place. 
 
Nothing here 
is extra. 
Nothing here 
apologizes. 
 
Every surface 
does its job 
and stops. 
 
We sit. 
We lean. 
We place 
what we can’t 
hold. 
 
We assume 
that support 
will always 
be there. 
 
Walls learn 
our backs. 
Chairs learn 
our weight. 
 
Where space ends, 
objects 
teaches us 
when to stop. 
 
What remains 
works. 
 
What doesn’t 
is gone.