Within the Without by Lilly Penhall
It’s a night like tonight
When everybody wants you
But nobody’s there
Again
Promises mean nothing
And unspoken words hold all the power
You wonder if you are heard

In the morning to find
The pages opened
Spilled into someone else
Inspiring bright undulating phrases
Inexplicably written by moonwash

You want to bathe his feet in humbled tears
For the words given back
Linguistic gifts exchanged
Comparison to symbolic seraphim
Beyond the realms of belief

By day and night, you write the words
That you hope will mean something
To someone
Even when the sun doesn’t burn away the clouds
And sleep alone
With the world wishing it were inside of you