Monday, October 14, 2024

Gripping smoke 2015

 

I do not wake up to monkey brain

just a stiff hangover from dreams

I can't resolve

the stirring of the night before

 the lingering memory of late night texts

 now gone if not forgotten

 the “wish you were here” syndrome

the teasing whispered words

 I still hear my head as I drift off

 I no longer clutch the cell phone

 the way I did back then

 I changed numbers too many times

to ever get the ping, the vibration, the longing

I merely dream I do

 the wake clinging to them instead

 like grasping smoke

 the recall slipping through my fingers

the harder I grip

 


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