Month: October 2014

The ghost of night shades
the waterfront, cliffs and his
hasty footprints in
the sand. Painted flowers and
her tears flow back to the sea.

I still find myself wandering through the house searching
for something,
eventually, that will stop.

Still, in the mornings, I have this feeling I am forgetting something
important and I take another look around before I go,
eventually, that will change.

At night, I lay awake with thoughts that turn to tears
and then confusion,
eventually, I know I will learn to sleep.

At times, I catch myself trying to decide whether
I truly want to live at all, but I think,
eventually, that should pass.

And, when I think of you and wonder what happened,
I try to pretend you aren’t really gone,
eventually, I hope to get over that too.

together we are often quiet

we share our time, we share a home,
we share our lives without complexity, artifice or posture

we share soft words, we share simple thoughts,
we share the knowledge of each other and we share the wonder

and then sometimes we lie on the bed
and there’s nothing to say, that’s when we just smile and look at one another.

O, Sleep, sweet sylph of dreams
why do you spurn me, leave me here to worry these doldrums,
to face the hard shell of night.

If only I could breathe your cool breath,
feel your gentle kiss upon my cheek,
find relief in your depths. Come,

slip between the sheets with me,
sing your lullaby and
take me home to your quiet harbor-

Don’t leave me here to wander these barren shores alone.