Slow As Water

You leave the window open

The curtains barely move

I count the quiet seconds

Until they turn to blue

Stay

here, slow as water

Stay

here, soft as air

I can feel the room grow

wider

When your breathing

meets mine there

Your cup beside the doorway

A pale ring on the wood

The day can wait outside us

A little longer

if it could

Stay here,

slow as water

Stay here,

soft as air

I can feel

the room grow wider

When your breathing

meets mine there

Stay here