10. the darkness
she told me all about her dreams
and about a thing called love
I’d never heard it’s like before
so I asked her what I could
she spoke of things beyond my ken
of lands where strange things grow
where little girls & little boys
reap what their parents sow
I asked her where this land could be
& whether we could go there
but she answered that it’s here & now
and I only need to look there
she laughed at me and I at her
as the darkness fell away
she took my hand & softly gave
a kiss of life that day.