Every morning,
I wash you off
I will say this:
As the earth heaves
bringing truth
to dance circles
around my fingers,
I feel you here.
I feel you in everything that I do
and everywhere that I go.
Every morning,
when the sun washes over my skin,
I pour the coffee
and I drink what I think are answers.
Then I jump in the shower,
not long enough to cry you out in the drain
but for as long as it takes
to wash you off for the day.
For now,
you do not show up in my dreams
and for that I thank you
because otherwise your spirit
follows me everywhere.
In my dreams,
I thank you
because there
I am alone.
I wash you off
I will say this:
As the earth heaves
bringing truth
to dance circles
around my fingers,
I feel you here.
I feel you in everything that I do
and everywhere that I go.
Every morning,
when the sun washes over my skin,
I pour the coffee
and I drink what I think are answers.
Then I jump in the shower,
not long enough to cry you out in the drain
but for as long as it takes
to wash you off for the day.
For now,
you do not show up in my dreams
and for that I thank you
because otherwise your spirit
follows me everywhere.
In my dreams,
I thank you
because there
I am alone.