I so wish I stayed a while longer
to see creativity take its course
to witness insomnia,
like a thousand footnotes
taking shape to master a piece
the way your string of thought sounds
how you lost sanity to merge words

I so wish I stayed a while longer
to witness Lucia take shape
into a beautiful body of words
wondering if she’s still there
there trapped within a dream
some of these poems are dreams translated

I so wish I stayed a while longer
but my eyes weighed heavy on me
like a hunch bag full of manuscripts
to be unpacked
I needed a place to rest my eyes