the streetlights
are blending in to
one another

I don't know where you are
or why you don't say
anything
at all
sometimes

& all I want to do
is whisper
to see if you'll notice

see if you'll see me
in the storm cloud
weathered by grace
& all things that fall from
the sky

I wanted to ask you

dawn forming its grip
upon my heavy brow
awake with another morning's
trembling and dire need
for coffee &
a shot of adrenaline

I remember you were there
standing in my sleep
falling halfway down the
spiral staircase in
my mother's house
you must have caught me
I woke up
& screamed in confusion



I wanted to ask if you
were in love