Swelling the World Around You

walking in the rain.
The sound was all around me,
I had no words then.

Away from you,
apart from expansive moments and open skies
And you, blocking the rest of them
swelling the world around you
so that I can’t see
wrapping the cloak of nightfall,
beautifully,
so that I can’t-
I see the way you dance
in the moonlight
drink up the nightfall for me.
And you, in the circle
with the rest of them
swelling the world around you.
alone
so I can’t see
your dance in the night cloak,
without the music,
or the musicians,
nor the circle from which your dance spins
You, blocking the rest of them,
swelling the world around you,
so that I can’t see.
the cloak you wear, while dancing
beautifully
so that I can’t-
wear the cloak,
be the cloak,
see the night fall
or you, blocking the rest of them, or the rest of them
a world swollen around
blindness
so that I can’t see