for want of sanctuary

for want of sanctuary

this wants to be a

waterfall

of hummingbirds

covering

our bodies with numbers

from the pages

of my book

ii.
between your time

and mine

I leave hope

you leave loneliness

as we return to our names


iii.

sometimes I read you
in other shadows

in the twilight

your voice is different

you open your wings

and somehow 
I recognize you