alone with the sunrise

the sun swelled over the naked branches this morning,

washing over the blue with a striking orange,

and i thought of you.

i thought of you 

and felt like the callous nature of the wind

carelessly sweeping leaves off the ground and

hurling them back to gravity’s hold,

i thought of you 

and pictured the dance of a bird whose wings may forget to

learn my lifts and drops as it tries to fly endlessly.

i felt the universe graze my cheek

and the branches waved forlornly at me,

so i used my strongest will to 

routinely transfer all i feel 

but most importantly all my will out to the atmosphere

i thought of you,

hoping those energies seep in through the window

to land on the curve of your sleep and settle on your soul

letting it grow like a tree that will age magnificently.

i remember the park,

with sun like this

burning its mark on your skin

as you couldn’t take your eyes off me,

i wonder if the note we left buried under the tree 

is now part of the earth and air

and i wonder if one day,

this will make sense,

and we will find our way to being

balanced like everything between earth and air.