My Only Boy

My only boy, be not so blind

Open your eyelids wide

In through your mouth, breathe soft, light

There are no words, no hands, no eyes

That show where a door stands wide

In through your mouth, breathe soft, light

When your heart stand open

The silence trickles down, bright

And softly, slowly surrounds

Your little ghost town

Set all the silver lamps alight

Open the windows wide

Come to me now, in soft light

Show every world in its separate light

A gull’s wing, a crow’s dark eye

Where all the city’s foundlings lie

When your heart stands open

And offered to the crowd

Draw lines around your chosen life

And let it burn, bright

Over all the lovely faces

(In place of the sun

In place of the moon…)