empty fields waving

isn’t there a place

where i can burrow myself

deep and dirty

in you

without having to

see others

watching me hide

in your shade

like a sun behind a tree

hoping not to burn

those that need it

like i

soiled still

and reaching for you

against the empty space

that suffocates the stars

but provides enough darkness

found in your pupils

to reflect and refract

the lonely world

that has not yet learned

it is lonely

but will one day

when it notices that

i have gone away

to be with you

*

there is no one not pained

but only a few

looking out the window

where no one is