Sunday, January 20, 2008

Nocturne

The freezing cold,
the imminent
sleep left me daft
and reeling

Three-legged or
two (or one
at it's end, we
teeter and
fall off of curbs);
I hold you like
a sinking raft.

Warmth: was it wrong;
is it wrong?

What do you think
about things;
I don't think I've
told you any-
thing true yet;

Don't think:
Just try to have
a good time.

But all this heat
seems so wrong:
When we run the
three-legged race.

2 comments:

Teigr Cariad said...

Dawn (A Reply)

Your muffled voice
infrequently
breaks through cold air
to my ears:

weathering words
now again
taking new form
absent their
modifiers-
their pointed gaze
is sheathed in grey.

Yet, in your arm
there the strong

shout, the reply
bursting forth-
Their certain calm
a bright parry
to mute lips.

The chill
of the unsaid
melts in mist,

the glow of sun.
Am I blind
in forgetting
silences now?

Eat a Book said...

This is fantastic :).