When Darkness Comes

The water is high and green on the lake.

Harnessed to an invisible kite, 

I float over islands.

I take photographs in my mind and ask questions.

Is the sky bigger at night when the moon is out?

Do we dream when we sleep alone?

Where is the beginning, where is the end?

A thin man fasts in the corner.

A homeless man dies 

of a drug overdose.

When darkness comes, we promise not to fall.
If we fail at love, we fail ourselves.