Stop Laughing, Beatrice

You forget me, your eyes closed

lips sealed

and I lose my way in the streets

stop laughing, Beatrice.

You laugh at me, your tears, water

your laugh empty

as the air.

stop laughing, Beatrice.

You hurt me, shadow in shadow

you scatter like smoke

and disappear in the streets.

Rain, one Sunday

when you bound me forever

in your golden hair.

stop laughing, Beatrice.