Just a Thought

Step quickly

Clouds hiding the birds

Cries pierce the darkness

Leaning against the rail

Silent

Watching the leaf trapped

In a merciless current

What is it I’m doing here?

Another figure leaning

Another figure watching

Another figure walking by my side

She’ll be gone when the moon hides

And I’ll be silent

Watching the merciless current

My leaf and my companion gone

Until the curtains part

And I walk home