Regents Park (2011)

i used to sit on a bench, waiting for you

watching the blue cranes picking up their feet

watching the grass grow from the foreign soil

that was my home

i used to listen to the footsteps of the people

i used to listen to the footsteps of the sun

walking slowly across the sky

i miss walking with you there

i used to feel my stomach clench like a fist

when i saw you walking towards me

growing like moss

giving me my bearings

like ivy our arms entwined

we used to walk past the queen anne's lace

past the knotted trees

like old fingers sprouting from a green sea

i used to walk past me

until the first day you came

and we walked together