IN DARKNESS

in waves the silence comes to a hault

present in all the ways our bodies touch

like skin against skin. our nerves converse

through transparent skin

i am the silence that stopped abruptly

inside of these four walls

smoke rises to an outside window

ensnared by the smell of autumn air

in darkness i will wait for you

in darkness the smoke will dissipate

and i,

beneath you,

will become like smoke

losing form

in the

fresh

rain