You

Are my

Placeholder

Occupying

Time and

Space

Moses

To me

Keeping

At bay

The seas

Of

Change

Lion

Tamer

In a

Cruel

World

Tick-Tock

Seconds

In my

Heart

Pitcher

To my

Catch

You

Simply are

My

Niche

Like

Christmas

Morning

Nights

Darkness

Before

Daybreak

Holds

Secrets and

Surprises of

Daybreak

Peering

Into

Blackness

I’m

Giddy

With

Dawns

New

Day

All at once

Day

Breaks

Quickly

Like ribbons

And paper

Revealing

Today’s

Surprises

Future

Focused

Once

Failed

Today

Butterflies

Sailed

In

Mexico City

You

Flew

Wings

Spanning

Long

Pen

Strokes

Short

Answers

Demonstration

Sommelier

You

Now

Are

Wine

Yesterday

Sweaty

Highballs

Drooped

Riverletts

Of

Sweat

Trickled

And

Pooled

On your

Waistband

Flowing

Lava

From

Throat

Past

Forest

Down

Foothills

Pooling

There

Hands

Cooled

As I

Picked

Up

My

Drink

Swallowing

It

Cooled

Inside

With

Giddiness

Afternoon

Slivers

Yellow

Dog eared

Linen

Draped

At beds

Edge

Your

Weight

Cleaves

The

Rest

Fans

Cool

Causing

Gooseflesh

Rising

Tiny

Bread

Loaves

Meringue

Points

Peak

Shivers

Quake

Atop

I

Blanket

You