There Is Someone Else In Here.

I turn a corner in the maze
and there you are.

I whisper,

I've been in here 29 years. 

When I look up I see 

all these stars eaten up by light.
When I look down I see 

all this dirt turned out by the worm.
She puts her finger to my lips -

sssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhh

them trees just beyond the walls
swaying in the wind 

oh you can hear them 

same as me

sssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhh

oh there there 

we're here but for being here.

There where those trees near,

fourteen esses, thirteen h's;

we just count down

while courting messes

and skirting itches.