Andrew Lundwall (Rockford, Illinois, USA): from Gardening at Night: All Eyes

for Melissa

shaken with all of this we have eyes
to see ahead of us no one comes to set up
always she opened the mirror very quietly
like fate the flowers continue on throughout the day

always always remember pure unsupervised stares
our breaths that other lovers view on a screen unfurl
behold the many marvels of darkness
in front of in the face of very near

© Andrew Lundwall 2008