Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Asleep (for my wife Merry, who has cancer)

 

asleep

in a room

without a ceiling

a waterfall of light

pours down from the moon

cascades coldly across my feet

 

asleep

in a room

without windows

stars peer in

where glass might have been

silver light caresses my eyes

 

asleep

in a room

without walls

fireflies wander in erratically

silent, lambent

drawing in the humid night

and settle on my open palms

 

asleep

in a room

without a floor

night creatures ascend

invade my bed

crickets and worms

tap on my forehead

 

asleep

in room

without you

and all that was before

is no more