let me leave you
to it

let it be
let it go

i swirl around you
haunt the woods in which
you hide

i try
and fail
to let go
often

remember these,
on rhythms
on dancing on
high heels
and knees
to never leave

i sustain
the warmth
at night
so
i remain
unbroken

remind
me how to loosen
up
get wrapped
around your
shoulders

i feel nor feet,
nor head
but heart
and fire
pounding

writing hand
and measures
of gigantic fears

how to catch
what didn't fall
i wonder

how to breathe
through
mists like those
i cannot name
i wander

hands out forward
and lead by light
i cannot see.

i wrap up in
scarves and you,
in fall,
in wait for
long cold winter
and i catch up
on rocks
i used to build
upon

i get lost
in what isn't
in hollow skies
and yet

i try
to pack it up

sort it
leave it
whilst i can't

woods move me,
as do words
and letters
yes

i seek
and look over
darkness,
as it falls
in tonight

oh have me
over
leave me
be but hands

to put them letters
down
to drown in
worlds away

i say

in cigarettes
and woods
you lay