i saw the moon again:
a pale escaped
balloon beyond return,
retrieval or arrival
there's a child SOMEwhere
shedding tears for it
for letting it escape into the sky

a disappointment
that you cannot cure with sweets
not even with a new balloon
a disappointment that returns
with every night with each new moon

i know that you know that i am here

no, i'm not drunk but close to it
or yes, i am drunk with feelings that i rather
not had swallowed
i thought you would drink the same, my dear
you said it tasted fine but when i drank and did not look
you poured water in your wine

i know that you know that i am here
you know that i know that you're not near

forget all i have said
i'm really, really, missing
you cause you are like the pilot:
you can make the metaphor come true

i know that you know that i am here
i know that you know that i am here