Broken bay

Did you see me before the lights went out
Before the world turned some more
Looking out across the bay
as the sun bent to kiss the earth?

Did you read everything that I couldn't say
Run your fingers through the air, my glare
Feel the raised bumps, my braille
Did you infer that blind rage?

And dId you know it was me
One of you, your child
Struck dumb, long numb
Pressing my face to your smeared window?

You told me once you loved me and smiled
I have framed it in my mind's attic, behind plastic bags
It keeps me coming back
Never giving up on you.