water

in the quiet night
the nightingale sleeps heavy.
dreaming of lost love.

god’s dandruff falling
from a gray, wet, maudlin sky.
god’s indifference.

is life easier
when everything is scaled gray.
color not feeling.

cold wrapped as a scarf
or a noose around my neck.
hold tight brittle night.

in the trickling pipes
life flowing like a river.
red as a beetroot.

summer never comes
and winter is always here.
discontent a shoal.