December 2022 - January 2023
Smoke swirls Found my arm slowly rising Hand grasping nothing Disregarding At the sky The ceiling The grey And I fell asleep Looking at the smoke swirling Sun falling Sleeping _______ I fell asleep to the wind crying But I didn’t wake up I didn’t wake up I laid and yelled as a mute Throat sewn But I think the sky heard And it woke me up Then I forgot why I was there But I guess Tonight I’ll hear these windy tears again And I’ll share their sadness _______ I didn’t want to sleep Because I didn’t want The day to end again. Yet dawn still rose While waking inside the moon; Night across the room, Glowing Curtains — I opened them; Stayed there. Again, I wept, Never knowing why I cried. _______ Night cradled me, Said to wake up later. I Awoke as the sun rose, The kleptomaniac moon stole the day. Clouds keeping shine away, Invisible uncaring spheres, Indifference shown, Horizon swallowed. Mountain peaks and hills, High as I couldn’t dare to see, The ground found its peace, I felt my size far from the sea. _______ Shining bright grey clouds Covering the dust of my eyes, They yell out in wind. The tarp is hit; The trees are creaking. Dusk leads way to an escape: A sad and anxious road. Coveting leaves falling, Humidity clasps on wheels, I feel it behind the wheel, And I think about what it was like Living, sleeping, a decade away, And I realize the song is the same As it was a decade back then. The sun still rose and I still am alive, And everyone else disappears. Before I join them in thoughts, I need a smoke.