Home

I can see you
in that city.
You are that
entire city for me.

I can see you
crossing your wet street,
the lights from the
Hotel Commodore
turning your skin red.

People actually live
in interesting places,
but that's not for me.
I rather like
writhing in my bed
and pretending that you're sleeping
behind me.
I'm never tricked.

And while you're
crossing the street
to buy liquor from
that store owned by
dusty old men,
I'm in my suburban box
rubbing my legs together
furious like a cricket
to stay warm
and to bring you home.
I've truly never wanted something
so badly.
Just presence.

And I wonder about March,
what I'll wear,
how I want to step off the plane and
appear to you for the first time
in white.
If I had my way,
I would never get back on another plane,
but you said that you would
resent me if I came to stay for good.
I haven't forgotten that.

The next day
a phone call
while I am buying a
small bottle of bourbon.
You say
small words my heart
won't hear.
My secrets shrink back inside.
I can remember
every corner of
your life.

I want you home.
I am your home.
I want you here.
I am here.
I want you home.
I am your home.