What We Have

give what
you have

and
no more

no hopes
uninsured

no plans
that are only
icing on air

I am less
about dreams now

and more
about
what we are

don't get me wrong
inspiration is one fine
drug

but I'm recovering
and want a bit more
that can be held

a bit more
than can be just thought

a bit more
than dreamt
as I wonder off to sleep

that--
the all dreaming,
I did far better
a couple decades ago
than I can now

all the things
so many
say

as they are looking forward
to life
and its dawnings

those things
fly
so many minds
so high

but work better
on the young

leave little to me
if I can't go to bed
with a smile, my love
and a soft pillow

here
and now

I'm ready
for what comes after first smiles
and the kisses more

and here now
ready
for this
we have

and I smile
so much
prouder

if less often

this
is all I need

this
15 years and more
of being
not dreaming