I'll See That You Aren't Woken Up

(just sleep, the beauty of this place will seep into your very
blood; i’ll see that you aren’t woken up) how can i find my
way out? i dug this hole all by myself with “no more poems
on napkins” and “i left the notebook on its shelf”; and it’s
slowed to just a trickle now but i wish that it was pouring
out because there’s so much here to write about. and all the
leaves are turning brown; they’re falling from their branches
and landing at my feet, but i can hardly make a sound,
a word of adoration, for what’s surrounding me. (make it up
from here, but i can’t make it up from here, so i won’t wake
you up, my dear) and i just want to write with everything inside.