Dream, Fall, Run

at last a proposal
to move softly with grace

towards a rushing river
moving in place

at last a bigger wish
for sunsets and rope

to fasten the package
and send with a note

to the far off island
floating on a breeze

high above a map
a library and these knees

cracked
falling off

laying down like overturned ladybugs
searching for ground

there's a pain in my back
what does it mean

does it matter i'm asking?

how does it seem?

shorter than wonder
loosed on a crowd

larger than nail clippings on your bathroom floor

after the party
when everyone came

and brought us all gifts
from seldom and same

lined up in order
then crumpled on the floor

playing is better
and never a bore

you know what to do

and you ran sideways like only you could into the forest into the trees

into a cave deeper than this house

deeper than this ghost

waiting for something

hidden
unknown

sitting on a ledge
sulking around a corner

showing
giving you hints

white ribbon
blue ribbon

bathtubs of luck and still you fall broken
into this well
deeper than never

into this dream
finding some way

to crawl back home
tired
well loved

worn at the edges
like that book i read fifteen times and then lost the cover

stories swirl around me
never enough

but somehow
everything

and a sometimes opening dream breaks forth
and a sometimes opening dream breaks forth
and a sometimes opening dream breaks forth...