LES ÉTOILES

we never fulfill our dreams

we built a house together / one with large windows and open space / a long driveway and a master bath / many dreams were held in our home / i had a dream that  i would die peacefully / so he filled my wine glass along with the tub and drown me / many dreams were held in our home / he had a dream his mother would be proud of him but his knuckles were always bruised / and here he was again, a target of misfortune / he jumped out of our beautiful tall windows as day fell into night / many dreams were held in our home, but nothing ever came of them / they were left floating in the water and seeping into the cement.