Glider

do you ever think
you are swimming on top of a deep ocean
and all you need to do is close your eyes,
let go
and sink?

do you ever feel
that while you were sleeping
you were emplanted
a tree in silt
and the silt slowly hardens
until you're in concrete
and no longer move?

do i know you
do we know each other
when we cannot touch
or be together?
not distance or time
or any small difference
but the bars on our cages
hold us apart.

have you ever known
anyone beautiful
who could somehow touch you
see sometimes right through you
moving beside you?

do you ever think
you are flying
soaring
high up on an autumn day
on the last warm draught
of our coolest year?
do you ever feel
you are floating
and all you need do
is breathe?