I wrote a poem about you

I wrote a poem about you
inside my head
on the way home
from the theatre.

I got stuck in the car.

pinned my head
to the steering wheel
trying to remember
my words
(if I knew any at all)

I was scared
to go upstairs.

-- to go to sleep
and enter the day after
a day further from a
yesterday we spoke

I got scared
that I might actually
forget --
so I wrote you down.

I turned you around.
I even made you smile.
I even made you taller.

and I asked myself
a couple of questions.

like do you remember me
the same way you remember
California?

what color is the sky over there?
how does the rain taste?

does it hurt?

and I told myself
to tell you to
travel safely.

-- travel slowly
but come back home.

even if I don't have enough windows.