©2021 Michael Raven
i illusion i
fading out through in you
i shadow i
whisper wind the songs we
sang in youth tripping
along
railroad tracks
summer you pretended i didn't
stare at your long brown hair and
i masqued you
walking the paths by
the island water edge scrim of
trees kissing under a
graffiti bridge in dusklight
eventide
stopping
at the clickclackrattle
gearshift headlight change
pretending
we were friends onlyfriends
strolling lakeside lagoon street
so quiet i
walked i
past the house where some
one slept, wondering
how it was one could
reside across from
the sacred burial
mounds clifftop rimrock water
flowing under and still
still
still
sleep at night knowing
you may sleep in the house on
graves
unreported
undiscovered
in the name of a view
the manitou howling
through the trees
winds and souls
i illusion i
songs
of queens
thrumming pound in my
heart
sceadugenga 