ACCOUNT OF MY DAYS
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so happy with me
are the minutes of sleep
that they go flying
though they've never flown before
and the air of all that height
mixes them up
with the other minutes
also flying
a gray mess of sea
below
the land they want
first distant now
a few strokes away
all safe! after the plunge
to the sheltered bay
a river coming into it
with its past and future
upstream in creeks
small enough the trees
on each side
can touch branches
sleep lies down with sleepless
there in the shade
holding each other
it could be love
or the need of a moment
but the one with eyes closed
is sighing and
the one with eyes open
whispers its name