sometimes, yes
the world
just folds

around you
falling teardrops
& there�s that void

or maybe
just the quiet & those sheets she
& you don�t have to move     don�t
speak just let

a certain pause unfold
     there is a woman i like   you love
so tidal, in a sentence     coastal

so far away from home, her arms

stretch for you in words & wrap
it�s her heart
like weed
it binds

you�re held, nothing but rain & tears

it�s her you think about, in slow dreams
her mind, the one that meshes

& there a thousand raindrops      so many sheets on the line
eastern coast,
        sublime,       she�s mine, so everything

there is new rain &
through the earth it plunges
small green things & then thoughts

arise

my breath
your hearts
a whisper