A Letter for Da5id

A Letter for Da5id


I am writing to you
Now
Because I know
My hunger would end
Once I have you
In my hands.

May you find my fingers,
Callused too from anticipation,
Half of the wing
That kept you afloat
In comfort in the wet darkness
While you were sleeping.

The sun is out Da5id,
Marching against the darkness
Who is stealing the light from my eyes.
Outside, the birds are proclaiming
In a language I could
Not decipher now.

They are waiting for you
To understand them
As I once did.

I would tell you
Of what cats dream when they sleep,
The truth about starlight, or
Of the Moon
Who is a woman
Who waits,
And why she strips naked.

I would tell you
Of what I heard and what I saw
Of desires I wanted out in the light
And of their shadows I try to avoid
Every night after I close my eyes.

I am writing to you
Because you breathe the blossoms
I must never forget.

Shells would break
And petals would fall
While I wait for you to arrive

After your mother has returned.