Let Me Tell You

Let me tell you how to lose yourself
when nothing is calm and the wind is tame,
when the shifting shadows in alleyways
streak up and down the street.

Loose focus as you gaze upon the troubled waving trees,
until the trunk and branches turn to listless, shapeless green.

Cup your hands and feel the wind flow around them in the dark,
and let it fill them up and them pull your hands apart.

Listen to the dull voices batter you with clattering words,
and dance around the meanings as the sounds are as the chirps of birds.

Scream for hours what your heart holds:
the heavy words you never thought you'd say,

then drown in the thunder of ocean waves,
and let them carry you

away.