Wakey (for Bean)

Sleep still 
tucked in
behind eyes
thick thought
cleaved by
morning routine
just do
don’t think
days wit
will come
bringing desires
morning kiss

Why

Pressing freshly laundered 
towels against face
listening to ocean
in sea shells
catching snow on
my outstretched tongue
hear a robin’s
song announcing spring
feeling the vines
of your arms
wind around me
these are things
that remind me
of just why

Miss (to Bean)

It’s this 
I’ve written
a letter
to you
but

I can’t
find a
stamp which
to post
so

I read
it back
to myself
hoping you’ll
hear

Nothing

It’s happiness 
I see
when looking
at you
nothing else

it’s when
I see
you looking
at me
nothing less

Manners (to Bean)

He waits 
for mine
before he
does his
its been
like this
ever since
the first
volley of
aren’t you
gonna why
don’t you
and then
by after
you no
I insist
and so
went our
little seesaw
of love