Remember

When you turned away like dusk
is where I wished an angel was.

To dream

I go to sleep softly waiting on sparks--

pen and paper by the clock

set back an hour, cocoon against daylight,

where dreams dwell.

Of salt

What you'll never get,

the thing you don't see,

it's not about us together,

just the taste you leave.

Of solstice

Disappointed is something.

If you grow bees

Live on a mountain.

Shake a snow globe.

 The stars then flurry,

a sky laid waste--

the real world continues

like was never played in minor keys.

Then flowers will bloom

and if you grow bees the birds may bring you honey.

What I have

No matter if you're a crow or a stonechat,

I've nothing to give you.

I can only pay you honey.

That's all the birds keep bringing to me.

I'm sure you've heard

the tune in minor keys.

Instead of alone

These are the soft

secret words I keep to myself.

I think if I write them down

in the middle of the night,

a weight could be lifted,

I may be in front of a crowd

carving symbols for myself

instead of alone.

Too many nights

Waiting under stars

for you to say

anything like

what I've heard before.

Never light

Pale fingers trace chalk

along the floor

dividing a room,

a dim room.

Concrete

I want to feel
I'm choosing more of life.

Shadow

Only a frame
left still,

not even crumbs of what could have been,
in shade.

Cat-like

Figured I had
one more life to spare.

Nothing gold

All that shimmers will fade away.

E flat

Wasted all my time

thinking you'd come back.

Clocks set back

That's the way it's been

since I moved from Jupiter,

since I came from Xanadu--

who knows me and who knows you?

On water

The beauty of a still lake,

that deep water reflecting heaven,

lies in our knowing

water's impermanence.

In minor keys

If you feel discouraged

for the short time we had to share

know how my heart lept

at only the hope,

the belief you felt like me.

You said soft words in minor keys.