I trade
some diamonds
for a cool night
(but the rain
gives them back)
the time
we went to the carnival
and I lost my change
when you turned my world
upside-down
baby sparrows
I remember
not to cuss
I leave the woods
and go back
into the wild
sometimes
I write a poem
for no one
just
to set it free
no wings
like
the present
I am never
the animal
I want to be
sparrow
fluffs my mind
in the birdbath
wishes..
just dreams
who've escaped
when I want to leave..
how a sparrow
changes my mind
left outside
the rain drinks
the rest of my coffee