November 14, 2023 - Rahil Najafabadi’s “We Come Unannounced”

Into feeling, I learned––
I am more than the clump of fear in my body.
I heard cars roaring–– I didn’t move.
I only became awake. This is a street I know.
I can no longer think I’m asleep because my lips
are still warm from your kiss.
You come to me in a hint of a song I’ve never heard.
The night shifts when we’re not looking out the window,
when we look at the lights inside and the sun rests
a night fuller than I’ve ever kept my eyes closed.