One day it will come to me
when I walk into the room
it will come to me one day
where I lay my head
it will greet me with a stranger’s grin
or hold me close
envelop me
like a fist inside black leather
it will swallow me like a whale
one day
and laugh like an old sea captain
one day it will beckon me
like a witch in a fairy tale
it will touch my cheek
with an ice cube
it will not whisper or bring daisies
and it will not sing my praises
inside the bone it sleeps
like heroin
one day it will knock
like a policeman at my door
my life will come to me
one day
and ask me where I’ve been.