(20 minute poetry)


I watch an alabaster princess on a pedestal
I see the shadows dancing rings around her eyes
I wonder if she knows I'm there and if she does then does she care
that I'm
standing on my own

I float with water lillies drinking in the sunset
and with the dragonflies I'm led a merry dance
skimming here and over there and if she does then does she care
that I'm
standing on my own.

In the morning I'm the moisture in the mist
I lick my lips the princess standing should have kissed
I am the dew upon the leaf
the hummingbird
the quiet thief
standing on my own


and she descends to bathe in waters drawn from mountains
to wash her face in tears the angels should have
cried


And if she doesn't know that I am there
I really don't think that I care
I watch her just the same.