Woke with your name knocking
the light of my teeth.

Our love years distant now,
still there are things
I thought you should see.

Mountain laurel giving itself
the kiss of my skin—a blush chested robin
on a tree stump’s round head. Smooth-leaved
rhododendron piling down thick the narrow steeps
of the Youghiogheny River.

I thought I could bring you back
through image. Push love into me
and make nice.

But what keeps of me here?

What is a marvel while I still sit
wanting you.

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