Alone
I sit
staring
at the dormant
ogre
Diamond Head
a husk
of former
glory
as a volcano
spewing
itself
to create
the lush
island
Oahu
now
green
it disappears
into night
a looming
ghost
dark
as dark
as
night

The day
started
with heavy
clouds
like gray
oven mitts
over the ridge
above my house
Clouds
to the west
were maroon
streamers
skating
across the
sky
The sun
has now crested
the ridge
its warm light
like a low watt
light bulb
bathes
my bedroom
in
amber

Every night
I ask God
to bless
me
with peaceful
and beautiful
dreams
and

every night

I dream
of you

I know
I dream
of you
because of longing
I feel
when I
awaken

The west
is midnight
blue like
mascara
and the east
has begun
to bleed blue
like blue gills
we used to catch
off the pier
in northern
Wisconsin
sunlight
like icycles
began to fall
on the comforter
beneath where you
slept the sunlight
danced on your
eyelashes
making them
twinkle
the slivers
of light
caused your eyes
to open slowly
still bathed
in sleep

turning to me
you opened your
eyes
and looked
at me

weren’t you
here when I
fell asleep
you asked

yes
I replied

all
night

The sun
set behind
clouds like
puffs of smoke
from a coal
burning
locomotive
we sat
on the sofa
the last
of twilight
bathed
your arms
and torso
like gold
powder