Summer Storm

(for Shawn)

You came home in the night with the approaching storm
Each seismic wave of thunder a giant's pace
I awoke from my spell with your kiss on my cheek
But my release was in mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
After the sea had tossed me, delirious, to a solitary shipwreck.

Portal

I wandered from the hearth of the living and you followed
A backward glance towards the warm den of family and friends
I was drawn into the street by Patrick and the red wolf
You padded behind me in white socks and I knew you were watching

Patrick was sitting on the curb, thinking, but he vanished when we reached him
The wolf circled us and I laughed, saying it was only a dog after all
Impossible, since there aren't red wolves in WI...just grey
That's what I told you, but we turned and fled

Straight into an underworld, or an overworld
A tower of staircases, we couldn't tell if we running up and down
And you in your white crew socks
You were the only one who followed me there.