alarm

the alarm went off at 5:15
and it was beautiful
to wonder
where you are

the unwaken being knows
your presence
and expects it

and it's so unexpected
wonderful,
beautiful, and natural
how that came to be true

next i pictured us
in a sports utility vehicle
driving up the california coast
to meet my friends

don't worry, it wasn't our
sports utility vehicle

i pictured easily
my friends being your friends
my brothers your friends and brothers

and this is all in the 13 minutes
since i woke up to a new day

last night i wondered what life
would be like beyond that moment

today i knew, in my early moments
in the bathroom, this brown-carpeted
temporary place we've managed to inhabit
despite the bats, who have now been warded off
with a spearmint-peppermint combination,
that this new moment, this new emotional place
includes you

it felt expansive,
ready to receive you further
ready to look up at those trees
in a new neighbhorhood
ready to look out the windows
in the winter
in our new home
ready for our dog
to have a new yard

ready for all that will come to us
ready to get to work now on the things
that earn money
because now
that earns
more time with you.