at dawn
velveteen purrs stir at my left shoulder and I cup this sweetness under an arm, under the blankets, under the cover of half-awakedness I hear the same dawn songs through memory dream portal blooming the same way star jasmine pulls me back to summer nights in my first home and I know exactly what time it is, I know exactly what happens now eyes closed we nuzzle cheek to neck hold paws and belly and foot in hand and I murmur, hi baby, I’m here, I love you the same way I did with you just moments ago and I hold both as I cuddle one in a pair entangled beyond timespace beyond the thin bounds of spirit world and matter we pour love us three connected forever in this bond in this living and dying and beyond calling, reaching out from dreaming and still weeks later your brother finds me at dawn again we hold a little closer this tenderness in the pale blue hour of your departure














