Deserted Places

Daybreaks. The sun no where to be seen. Soft earth beneath my shoes beckons me to know. Within the morning lies the inescapable truth and then- your face flashes in my mind. Only, I’m awake now. I stretch my chin to the sky as if to ask for reprieve or forgiveness. Only, secretly I long for neither. Beneath the earth is water, is it not? I dreamt of your deep sea.

Or is it fire? Warm waters streaming from my eyes. Only you could tell me.

Only you could see.