W.H.

I think I saw you in a sound wave
headed toward the ground

I think I saw you in a sound wave
hurling out my mouth

You survived the cold
but not the blast

You took it all
and you took it fast

I saw it come up and
barely just back down

When the room is cold
and I am alone

Like you, sometimes
just like you

Sleeping in your blanket
seems easy tonight.

Getting Old

the walls are the same color as the ground
the air sits still in your mouth
come back, turn back around
turn back around

each morning I wake you up, pick you up
spin you around
you don't make a sound
won't make a sound

should I pin down your shoulders?
It's only when I want it
that your heat smolders
am I still getting older?

you must have hit pause
because we haven't moved
just made a bruise
cut me loose

Deeper, Softer

You are deeper than my best scars
You are who I wish had come this far
 Two sets of hands both just like and unlike mine

 I'm a heavy cross to bear
But you make me feel pretty to wear

Red and white lines tomorrow I'm blue but tonight I'm alive and into you