"If, in the middle / of the night, words / come; ignore …" Courtesy of litttleghoti/flickr.
If, in the middle
of the night, words
come; ignore
let the sleeping children
need you
though waves
of light approach
let the man with whom you share
a pillow,
not feel the rise
of ink
the way your breath
has changed
to rough
in darkness, scribble:
now is the time for forgetting