Little Tooth

To the willow where we started Strung on humid air and evening dew Where the wind and linen wander I wonder Do you hear my little tooth Humming safe with the cicadas? Sure a stable song could bate us To baying at the moon? Sweet the scent of sweat and lavender As you crane over the bridge and water On your nape, I trace your spots and markers Oh and I wonder When did you become the heron? Dive with grace to reincarnate Let your little tooth depart with A wither and a bloom New, sagacious, your reflection in the water And I, afraid and just the same as when I started Makes me wonder is it time to Pull my little tooth Die and follow you Through the wither and the bloom Take me with you, love Pull the tiny noose Around my little tooth Make a space for something new Take it with you love Take me with you Take me with you Take me with you To the willow where we started Hung on humid air and evening dew Where the wind and linen wander I wonder too