"Did you exist
ever
our clouds separated while it was still dark
then I could not sleep the sleep of a child
I got up to look for you
bringing my silence
all of it
no father in the house at least
I got my boat
that we had saved for each other
a white creature my
wise elder
You rustled as it slid
from shore
I lay there
looking down while the mist was torn
looking down
where
was the Indian village
said to be drowned there
one glimpse and I would have hung
fixed in its sky
when the dawn was go"