Fence

Even in dreams you will not let me come

Though time seeks to forget our fears

And nightmares gallop through our sleep;

I could save you if you wanted salvation

Even so

You will not let me come to you

I found you as one finds adventure

Wanting--wild as a horse--to be broken in

I sang you songs without words

I wrote you poetry in blood

I prayed to the gods of love and war

And still you would not let me run to you

You could say I should have known

You could say I was crazy for crossing

Too many fences

But my thoughts, far from being still

Are winging their way over these high walls

Coming stubborn and willful to you

Though I know you will not let them

KB 9/11/12