i lay and listened to the rain
last night         it felt a bit like sleep

and they were there     in torrents
laughing
that i put my hand up to my sin
at four            “adorable”
(i couldn’t win)
just tell me                  i am saved

and in the silence on the edges at
the threshold
of another deluge
tell me          i can come inside

tell me (as i listened to the rain)
you understand
                          don’t tell me what
i want to hear            don’t
Keep It Simple           Stupid

i am in it to my neck     belovèd
as the water rises
tell me                that you notice
            tell me    we are not ok
with this

i lay and listened         to the rain
and rose          and here we are
(and still it beats
                     against the windows)
singing
is it love that pulls me          back
belovèd as the water rises
is it love or            is it sunday