I remember

I grunt

with the knowledge

my memory brings

I remember

everything

I remember

crawling inside myself

to find a light

inside the darkness

I remember

wanting to feel alive

I remember

the late night comfort

of my mother’s sleeping form

I remember

howling by the river

I remember

running until it hurt

I remember

feeling all my body parts

beginning

to feel rearranged.

02/25/2019  AAW

familiar

Every inch

of you

has begun

to feel

familiar.

A soft presence

that has always been there.

You have

adhered yourself

to my existence.

Your blood

is now within my blood.

I feel you.

In the waking hours

and inside the land of dreams.

I curve

to your body,

seeking a home.

02/10/2019  AAW