falling star
I trade two wishes
for a dream about you
rough around the edges
why she shines
in the sunlight
moonlight
dragon kite clouds
torn to pieces
miles and miles
tattered piece of paper
wandering the wind
back of the house
drain pipe singing
to itself
I feel sorry
for the pigeon with one foot
until she flies off
on top of his dog house
barking
at cloud rabbits
for a few minutes
I am the pilot of Earth
standing
under this night sky
keeping her steady
my big hand
on your little hand
time stops
where a million sunsets
fell to the ground --
red clay earth
"be home
soon
love you, sun"
the first time
you took off
your glasses
and I saw your eyes
naked
editing me
the parts I cut
the parts you leave in
the woman
who saw every word I said
and painted them
into rivers
that carried me out to sea
desert seashell
a million years
from the ocean
hanging from the tree
just a leaf
of my former self
for one incredible moment
the silence
of traffic
hourglass of light
I watch the day
sift into night
outside
I can hear the wind
dreaming
I give
a homeless man
a sleeping bag
he gives me
half a moon
you were the raindrop
on my shoulder when I was
looking at the sea
the time
one of our kisses
fell in the river
(and all the stones
glistened like stars)
some fool at the bar
next to the bus station
orders whiskey and rain
flock of starlings
drawing and re-drawing
an etch-a-sketch sky
these tears
that never asked me
to hold them back
just when I think
there's no joy
it bursts
from the top of the tree
in perfect formation
I wait out the rain
until this dark cloud
becomes the night
all the leaves down
I watch the sky flow
through transparent trees
new moon
I wait for my heart to
adjust to the light
young moon rising
but it's the old man
who knows the way back
I stay up late
you get up early
we have some coffee
and split
a sunrise
I am the promise
no one kept
but you
I am a warm breath
on lace
so soft
the way you let me
through
I write poems that have
your beautiful brown eyes
and sometimes
I read them
all day
you were
the biggest secret
anyone ever told me
on a wall
across the alley
trees shadowboxing