When you wake up you know
I am still alive. When you wake up
you know that you are still alive.
When you feel my pulse you know
that you are small and awake,
resting on the hillock of my breast,
in the crook of my elbow, against
the obscurely pounding column
of my neck, or held like a seed in my hand.
When you wake up you know that this
is not a dream. When you wake up
you know that the better dream can start.