For a moment I was lost in expansion

            Sunset comes more slowly. It stretches past its own dip toward horizon, out of atmosphere and down again. My shadow extinguishes and comes to rest at the foot of the mountain, flickering in windows, bright gold faces to the sky. I feel space. Suddenly physical, brushing my hair with its impossible fingers and prying my lungs wide. I feel your heart beating on the other side of twenty miles, smile so close to that standard, and my body alone. Nothing but light and space and road-maps drawing us parallel on paper.

Sleeping Pill

I want to call you,
wake you up to say
I love you,
and wrap myself
in your sleepy breathing.