brother in the water

no one sees the hungry 
hardwired angel naked
children see the petals
no one says goodbye

children bought you 
every ocean dream 
and no one sees the petals 
please say goodbye 

long ago the words command
​the sand the bones the water
the children
laugh
​
lie
forget your name
and bring you
peaceful canyon dreams

mother’s drumming bones 
no one says the blood
every ocean 
fallen with the petals says goodbye
​
no one sees 
the baby
no one laughs
no one says goodbye

— san jose
    february 2015