Dream Life

                                               I met the moon for coffee it was Tuesday night I think when he watched me hardly sleeping and invited me for drinks we found ourselves a table in the middle of the night whilst the constellations twinkled like a thousand fairy lights he asked me how I'd been as he poured coffee from a pot and he said he'd watched me waking up at midnight quit a lot I said my head was far too full my mind was always on and when I woke, it felt as if I was the only one the only one who watched the moon whilst sitting on my bed with thoughts that raced at lightning speed around my busy head the only one who watched the clock tick one and two and three who lay awake and worried whilst the world was fast asleep my thoughts remained in orbit and I couldn't pull them back as they preferred to swim against a sky so vast and black the moon said sim...

                                      i think you can tell a lot about a person by the way they talk about time. if time is something linear or cyclical. if they talk about their life as though it goes through seasons the way nature does or if it is something ever growing, always moving forward. if they talk about failure as though it is several steps back on their timeline or simply a change of course. if they describe the day according to the clock or to the sky. was it 5am or dawn? 8pm or twilight? i love to notice whether they speak as though the hours ahead are on opportunity or if they are an order. i love to wonder, is time something that carries them or something they are carrying? i don't really know what to do with this knowledge. i just like having it. i just like the thought that i can tell something other than the time.

                           I remember when I met you,      the hands of time stood still;      you and your camera smile---      a flash of something real. We talked until evening.      the moon came out for a while;      the clock resumed its ticking      and my heart was on the dial. The morning came to calm you,      and as far as I can tell----      I will never know another,      who knew me quite so well.