HERE WAS I WE ARE

Her face

    open

I step toward

    I'm standing

    behind
her eyes

    seeing
with my eyes

    through
her eyes

night.

We

look down

    sidewalk

    curb

    gutter

    asphalt pocked black

We
look up

    doorways lights

    no cars 'til cross

         then headlights
white yellow

         then tail lights
red
streamers.

I

close

my

eyes

Hear

through

her

ears

Muffled

a name

Mine  Hers

    Neither

    No matter.

She is

    we are

         walking.

Heels

like

finger

snaps.

Then -

BANG

She is/We are

    running

vision

blinking

random/fast

forwarding

frac-tur-ing

She-I

stumble trip fall

air     like deep water

Her/My/Our

hand

stretches catches breaks

    our

fall

         then

plain air

clear sight

night

I

Me

I

watching

rushing

have rushed

am

    helping

dark flesh

         jeans

         leather

I have their
arm

flesh

    warm

night

    warm

Facing -

Are you…?

         Yes

Good, ok...

         Thanks

Sure

be careful...

         You too

I will

         I will.

RW

Oaxaca City, Mexico

02.13.2019

    

Photo: mine, Guanajuato City