Empty Places

Shivering, in silent spaces:

Subliminal sky, the open

Smile of simmering sun.

Ebb of birds, their lilting song’s

Caress guiles me, dear.

Swaddle my ears in cotton,

Candy notes swell to high noon:

Warm, on my eyelids, and croon.

Lingering, in empty places.

Relief finds me, here.