I found an escape 

Although only in my mind 

I grow wild and free

Put me in a box

Seal it up with packing tape

Send me to the moon

Knots in my stomach 

Fingers tremble and curl up

As the autumn leaves 

Carried off away 

By slowly rising wood smoke

To just disappear 

Like a hedgerow mouse

Curled up into a tight ball

As small as can be

Dusky blue shadows 

Spread across evening tree trunks 

The days are longing 

As our voices rise 

They join and blend together 

A self saucing song

As each cells divides

Like tracing pencil outlines 

A life slowly forms 

Face without shadows

Burn brighter waxy snow moon

Your heart is warmest

Inside winter nights

We squeeze these long happy days

With nothing but words