Replied (to You)

Robin’s

Egg

Sky

Blushing

Clouds

Birdsong

Heralds

Daybreak

Lazily

Stretching

Linen

Draped

Dress shirts

Strewn

Trousers

Folded

Shoes

Tucked

Goblets

Dry

Good

Morning

Whispered

Good

Morn

Replied

SinkingMe (to Ti)

Alphabet

Salvo

Lobbed

Striking

Water

Level

Causing

Hemorrhages

Taking

In

Water

I

List

To

The

Mattress

Crippled

I

Bail

Tears

One

Last

Assault

You do

You

Said

I don’t

You

Fired

Sinking

Me

Silence

Do not

Write

To be

Read

but

Do

Write

To be

Heard

Do not

Speak

but

Be

Listened

Do not

Touch

To be

Felt

Touch

To be

Known

Let

Others

Know

You

In their

Silence

Niche (to You)

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

Today’sSurprise

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