HIDING
Bury me in Tuesdays
I need the weight of the week above me
The reassuring bulk of Thursday evenings.
Overwhelm me with Wednesdays
Wrap me up in sleepy afternoons,
Let me breathe in the soft fabric of
Damp Sunday mornings.
Let me skulk beneath the days
Building intimate memories
Of the folds of Fridays
With no knowledge of what has passed
For those who lived them.
Let me crawl out of this cocoon
Bleary-eyed - and know.
Let me not wait, let me not
Feel the seconds on my skin.
Let me skip this time,
These contorted limbo-hours.
Let me uncramp in Saturday's embrace
Until we know. Until you know.
Until we can stop waiting.
I need the weight of the week above me
The reassuring bulk of Thursday evenings.
Overwhelm me with Wednesdays
Wrap me up in sleepy afternoons,
Let me breathe in the soft fabric of
Damp Sunday mornings.
Let me skulk beneath the days
Building intimate memories
Of the folds of Fridays
With no knowledge of what has passed
For those who lived them.
Let me crawl out of this cocoon
Bleary-eyed - and know.
Let me not wait, let me not
Feel the seconds on my skin.
Let me skip this time,
These contorted limbo-hours.
Let me uncramp in Saturday's embrace
Until we know. Until you know.
Until we can stop waiting.
2017.