While You Slept
Mariposa lilies floated
cool white on the incandescent
embers of their core.
You shivered, pale as a silver
fever. 103 degrees. For days
you hallucinated Mercury.
Out here in sunshine, the world
has been spinning us dizzy.
Wake up and join the dance.
Copyright © Taylor Graham | Year Posted 2006
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