Feb 17, 2004 15:09
as consciousness trickles in
you know it is late morning
../by the warmth of the sunlight
cast a.c.r.o.s.s. your face
you keep your eyes clos/ed
and cannot choose
between red and purple
to name the color of the light
filtering through your eyelids
listening to the breathing
of the warm presence next to you,
you keep still and (pretend)