anchors adrift

awake, my head on her shoulder
asleep, hers on my chest
dreaming, nightmare fables
walking, carrying little coffins
talking, burdens of indiscretions
eating, digesting bare cupboards
drinking, eternal thirst unquenched
swimming, vigorously in deep desert
gazing, lids obscuring myths
desiring, suffocating hopelessness
enjoying, furtive, fleeing, dreamy
floating, adrift, aimless, clueless
living, rudderless, anchorless
until she smiles