namely

my baby lies over the ocean
her pillow talk echoes in my ear
she calls to me my sibilant adjectival name
given at birth
but more often the several pet names
she has conferred on me
and with the breath of every murmur
she breathes life anew in me
and with the evocation of every sobriquet
she lays claim to me
inscribes upon me an/other identity
forges a bridge of history
with which our two lives are bound

come name me, baby
my captor and liberator
call me, namely,
yours

smile

i miss so much to feel
the warmth of your body next to mine
the smile our bodies made on the bed
(the one i wore)
as we drifted off to sleep

alone in my bed
there is no smile to be found
only - perhaps -
a little forlorn frown
i make by my lonesome self

star star

the star that walked me home tonight
- the first i saw
  the one upon which i wished i might -
i hope it's the same star
that watches over you
as you lay asleep in bed
tonight