Tell me something my love,
Did you see the dew today?

lasted all morning in the leaves
of the bottle brush,

Nah, thought you wouldn't have.
You don't look
at all.

Did you see me smile at the dog,
the one outside your window,
white with splotched eyes
rabid, diseased?

no you wouldn't have.
You don't seem mad.
not one bit.

Today

The sun rose today,
and it set.

The wind whispered today
of rain and warmth, your warmth
and it died on me.

The sand shifted today,
slip tide rise of sorrow
and it sucked the world in.

Courage came calling
succour saviour sleep time muse,


It hasn't left
yet.