i will try to show you

i would write you letters with the ink from your bones
cover you with my shaking
and curl beside you for my safety
because you lying here is what has kept me
carefully on tip toe
round the corners and hushness of your whispers
the knocks at your windows, locks on your doors
create love songs and pet names for the bodies passing through
and i will linger here a little while longer
drinking in deeply
the notes on your body and the sparks in your eyes
pouring my vulnerabilities onto your floor
in footprinted puddles

of the ghosts that have come before this
settle my soul and let the words do you justice
try to show you as i drift to sleep
and continue to dream on past the pretty pictures of you
that i hear you in my ears
when all other sounds are leaving







i _ _ _ _ falling asleep near you