Sweet savoury endings enter
Pouring itself over my chest with a chilled tickle
Stirring away the tight swallows
Wafting scenes of food bubbling on
stove tops
every square box’s lid steam mingling together to reach me
Glass rims are being caressed
Last ‘kind regards’ are being sent off
Layers are being replaced to shed away the restricted inhales
A muted sky rolls in
easy on the eyes
Staring becomes a numb kind of calming where to do’s fade into the pink light
Reminiscent and longing for careless laughter spilling over a friend’s balcony
Or the hot summer cling finally cooling away from my arms
Speckles of glittering gaps foam where the last snippets dance through the darkened leaves
My skin glows against the sharp screen glare
Possibilities of the day dim into strained frowns for the next wake
I lean into the sunken ease of knowing this
There’s a latent burning desire to flow into the nightly routine
Preparing oneself
to find shelter in silence
Tucking in
to untuck
And start all over again
-MWAM