Also Mutants

Little Problems Solved

7-5-17

You're a cagey darkness,
stashed away always
in the places I least
think to look. And it
doesn't mean you're gone.
You can hide but you won't run.
Why do you settle in the
unseen? What's that mean?
When you start from far
and away to narrate
my dreams, you turn into
something bigger than me.
I need you, but I need you to
not be overwhelmingly the
opposite of pristine.
If sadness is cancer
you should be the
IV and not the gauze;
the pillow and not
the cough. Sheens
over shadows for the
least likeliest win.
A break. A breather.
A sigh. A handy alibi.
Just for a day, even,
I need you on my side.