Drift

Some day I will step on my ice floe

Drift away from the fevered world

Into the dark mist waiting

Far from every word

In peace I will ride the deep waters

In silence to what I can’t see

When I reach it I step across slowly

And kneel at my moss covered tree

And lie me down beneath it

Let my eyes travel up its dark heights

And my body go down to its roots until

I close my eyes on the light.

You are my

 

If

I ever am a river

I will flow to you

Like gravity you pull me and

The pull is never ending

And my destination true

If

I ever am a tree

I will grow to you

You are the sky that I will reach for

Every limb and leaf will seek more

Of the sunlight that is you

If

I ever am a planet

I will revolve around you

In sweeping grandeur hurtling

Through empty airless silence

Never doubting you my centre

Now only me,

I know this:

What would be this house without you?

Teardrops, dry leaves, vacant space.