And in Short, I Was Afraid

1.

How it comes so quickly
hands like curtains hands like sheets
hands that move invisible against the dark
how it comes so quickly

2.

I’ll talk to the moon some nights
nights of breaking teeth
nights of open palms
the moon with eyes that have seen it all
and ask how it goes on looking
I’ll ask
who is dying tonight

3.

A bird landed in my yard today
blue jay that scares the cats
it picked at the green grass the dirt
with its beak picking out worms
one by one
meticulous
thoughtless
this happens everyday

4.

When you and I said forever
when you and I said
together
forever
I almost believed it

5.

Don’t ask me to go through that door
I’m afraid
nothing
is waiting for me

6.

The eternal footman
snickering

7.

Without answers
you see
no one ever comes back

8.

I am not adam
and you no eve

this happens every day

how it comes so quickly

we shall descend into the valley anyway
no one telling us what awaits