black dots skid

across the periphery

of her world

tokens of night

flung into the day

heehaws & gimlets

somber soliloquies

tethered to a midnight

pretense

she has known love, yes

she does know love

the mish-mash keeps her awake for hours / unseemly dreams, misspent allocations / they haunt her slumber, deride her restfulness // hawk-spirits gliding over harvest wheat / playful souls entwined in a dance of love / yet, she yearns to return to more concrete memories / her strength upholds her // trust sustains her desire / she believes she will thrive, despite the odds / despite all those who seek to devour the only light / she’s ever known