May 25, 2019

2  A.M.

Deep in sleep

at 2 A.M.

I’m  traveling into

the deep spaces

of my unknown ….

I’m meeting

people and places

I don’t recognize -

don’t understand -

but that’s the

people and places

of  2 AM - whom

and where I’m

still wondering

and dreaming

and trying to

figure out about

on many a 2 A.M.

in the morning.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

The

giant

economy

size can           of earth

sprayed           morning

mist                        into

the                      whole

winter                  world

around                    me

and                          the

naked             branches

looked                     like

antlers                       in

the                           fog

and                    nature

kept              squeezing

and               squeezing

more                       and

more                     spray

into                          the

air                          and

named                     the

fragrance Morning Mist.

(c) From Andrew Costello

in Cries ... But Silent, 1981

These are a substitute for 

my reflections till I recover

from this double bypass

heart operation.