emergence

you push open the stiff wooden gate
last night's rain swelling the door frame
air humid, warm, it envelops your face
a tropical nuance, after the monsoons

cats scatter, mewling at your advent
reggae on the radio through the screen
across the alley they're frying sausage
yard choked with ivy, multiplicity of weeds

you pause, pat your pockets for the keys,
but it's not those you've forgotten
a rush, your senses deluge you
for a moment you emerge from the womb