The white birds fall silently
In the morning dark sky
Like milk
Poured in the sweetest tea
Wake up
Wake up
Are you there
The sheets are a jumble
For one sweet moment
You are here
If we ever wake
There is
Nothing
Here
But
Me
Same old daydream
Your voice swirling
Beating wings
She sings
Eating glue mixed with jello
At the sink
In the tarnish is
My stone face
My brick wall heart
Empty investments
Time
Money
Death
Nothing new
She says
Maybe we will never hold each other again
Wake up
Wake up
Are you there
Shouts Alice
Yes
Always
My
Love
She combs her hair
Pulls her socks
Her eyes are blue
Like the sea
Like you
I let her play quietly
In the pages
And the words
Left alone
She is resolute
Free
I do believe we will find an end
She says
Fresh as a dawn daisy
I smile
I turned you away for a penny
And a dream
Who would you want to see
You
Friends never made
The person I could not be
Shut your eyes
She says
Pressing a cherry stained hand to my brow
What do you see
Nothing
Silly
When you shut your eyes
You can see anything
She goes back to her work
And sings
The white birds fall silently
In the morning dark sky
Like milk
Poured in the sweetest tea.
