Weather or Not
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
You drain me
The part of me
that lives within you
is reduced over hours
until drop by drop
I am nothing
more than what runs
down my spine
and waits
for a breeze that never comes
You still me
The part of me
I keep
in shade and quiet
away from your
relentless glare
endures
and falls into bed
against a pillow
hot on both sides
sheets that never seem
to fully dry from
the nights before
and the days spent
covered
You exhaust me
~HC