Maybe you should leave me here
this building will collapse one day
the trees and the earth will cover my bones
until the sun embraces them and takes them home

Maybe you never should have come
I was alone, not lonely, just ghostly
there was no emptiness until you created it with your presence
and ignorance is a bliss I can’t get back

Maybe I shouldn’t have come
I withdrew from the world because, like a shattered mirror
it didn’t reflect dreams, just distorted reality
and I never learned to believe unless I could see

Maybe we should both stay here
love could come live with us in our cage
we write write poetry and the birds might teach us how to sing
you could make this hiding place a home