The Wind Will Take You

the wind will take you 

a thousand steps 

cut in

stone

there is now a parking garage

over the garden gate

where we first

met

one-thousand glass marbles

into the midnight ocean

our silence

sink

Two Days by the Creek

how a couple of days can slip by

winter again and pills can let me relax into it

time, a rush of water

I float on my back as the days continue

happening around me

daydream within a daydream

I am sitting by a creek

in the woods

cold light and bitter breeze passing

I curl and uncurl my toes

Heart is where the hurt is

wanting what isn’t there

grasping at emptiness

Yes I need to rest

its a choice between burning up

and slowing down

growing cold

actually freezing to death sounds

awful infinity

fire is the way to go