i sat in the open & looked up at the sky.

it was dark & you were sleeping.

i lifted my hand to grab the stars but quickly realized

i couldn't reach & the best i could do was to keep them from falling.

for if they fell tonight, they would not know where to land.

i found the moon. 

waning & sleeping with the vinyl.

hot & sweaty i touched her hair & sang to her softly.

she was oblivious to my presence but i'd like to think she smelled me

in the morning.