I am absent
from myself
in an effort to protect
what little was left
I swaddled my soul
in cotton batting
so deep
the light no longer shines
in my eyes
Author Archives
night flowers
night flowers
the scent of promises
and dreams
hold your breath
the sunrise
evaporates
the magic
with the dew
googling earth
googling earth
I zoom
back
before everything changed
the world rushes up and
there
in morning shadows
our house
pausing
I look among the shades
to see
if our father
is in the yard
just before dawn
just before dawn
tiny tree frogs sing
songs of a larger life
as a rooster announces
the sun’s entrance
to the stars
I sit here
in the dark
wishing for a ladder
long enough to reach
the milky way
hollow moon
hollow moon
I cast my prayers
into your silver bowl
but you turn
and spill them
out among the stars
heartless orb
you know
my kneeling cries
are lost
among those sparkling
promises
a wakeful night 