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Morning Magic
I was awake, with the birds, levitating above where I used to lie, your voice surrounded me, and I was sane again.
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Violet and Lilac
Softly they sleep, stirring as they dream, scratching at the day’s adventures, as they awake, halos above their heads, as they do the devil’s deeds, pulling me from my work, to the pillows, sending me to sleep again.
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Overtired, Overemotional, Over Me
I slept four hours, so maybe I’m in sleep deprived psychosis, but I waited, inviting sunlight into my empty bed, held by the morning, holding it together, long enough to fall apart, as the moon falls away.
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Closed
I have closed my eyes, now I want to close my heart. Love always escapes.
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The Things I See In The Dark
Watching you walk away, I am stuck in place, until you return. I make plans, of how I’ll tell you, that it’s over, knowing they are just fantasies, preemptive proposals, that came together too late, because you have already gone, and I am talking to myself, talking myself down, from going back to a version…