Diana Darby ** "I V" ** Intravenous

Out My Window

I am alone now
just the brown leaves blowing
across the brick patio.
Last night I slept sixteen hours,
my stomach full of Ethiopian food.
I dreamed of sex
and old abandoned homes
with decaying garages
and pools with Spanish tile
left full of filthy water.
I walked on vacant lots
and told myself the value of my home.
I listened to the crickets
and the robins
and walked the wrong way on black paved roads.
I sat on the grass and watched the ants
and felt the wind blow on my back.
When I awoke
I felt better than I have in days,
the grayness that I dreamed
was here
out my window
and the wind was starting to blow.