“My Lullaby”

crickets call me to sleep
before I start to thinking
about all the complexities
surrounding you and me
as if I know what the future will bring
 I dream
seeing fireworks and lightning flicker away
there’s a heart buried under their ashes
and inside you, I crave the art
to extinguish burning wings
and set me free
allowing me to travel alongside a shooting star
it all leads back to being who we are

feeling replenished
you try drowning yourself in the fountain of youth
I’ll catch your head and kiss it
with soft breath, we’ll be again
and I will sing for you at night again
so you won’t dream of gypsies and crystal balls
only about coming closer to holding your soul
            --june 3, 2003