already

Would that we remember
every turn of every leaf -
every daylight spilled atop a daisy dream
Whispers left where crickets played
in needles sharp
we knew -
the cry of one so far away
from home

One of two
the only left
grey beneath the gutters -
forsaken not the days
when morning loved
Broken streams of heaven
gave color to the song -
beating there another
by her side

Shadows fall to rest
within her stirring -
longing yearns
for somewhere else to be
When all is gone
and night has come to find us
we’ll remember this -
already now
we sleep