Waiting

Periwinkle mist

Over sullen sleepy hills

I wait for you here.

Flame-and-grapefruit sky

Over fields that shade their eyes

I wait for you here.

Sun-sick greening air

Over crooked cow'ring trails

I wait for you here.

Gravel-gray rainfall

Over mute and haggard cliffs

I wait for you here.

Blunt-edged silence clasps the world

I tuck my chin, wander home.