Now I’m awake

And it’s too late,

Now I’m awake

And the night is gone.

There was noise in the night

And I needed you to make it

Whisper,

Crooning sounds;

Holding my mind down,

But now I’m awake

And you’re too late.

I couldn't hear 
the kaliedoscope speak,
It jangled and hummed,
But I wasn't in me.
Scared of beauty, words;

These erstwhile friends,

I fell asleep, 
and so the night ends.

City Man

Man, you fool.
You go away and leave me,
you come back and need me.
Your morning smile from my voice,
your sleeping sigh on my thighs.
Still you go, you fool,
my man.

Man, you fool.
You forget me now,
like a song that comes only with rain,
but it will thunder again
and you'll sing it from your heart.
Yet you soak the sun, you fool,
my man.

You love and love,
I do not know how
With the simplicity of breath,
And the inevitability of living,
Just love and no pause,
You're all heart, you fool,
my man.