Poet’s Valentine

And then it all comes down
To a few memorable lines
Twilight’s unintended frown
Sliding over the water
Like a swan or dawn
Backwards bowing out
The way it came in
And these fragments
Are stitched into the frame
Of the evening as you
Walk out continuing
To breathe among the buildings
Because they’re in the air
Now those words are part
Of the air we share