Empty Headed

Empty Head
got out of bed
I was wearing it
and the dust from
the dreams I kicked
up during the night
if anyone had registered
my REMS I'll bet
they'd have been 100 miles
a minute

empty head packed up the bed
and left behind the memories
of a short visit
my empty bed was full of dreams
my heart is full of wishes
the empty pages of this book
will not tell me
why I feel so listless
so empty thoughts
and empty hearts
and empty heads
at the end of
a term of some very hard knocks
But it's OK
I don't have to
figure it all out today
I'll just take my hand
from the chin of this empty head
and then place it on my heart
and smile at the way
I came to the
end
when I hadn't a clue
with what
words I was
going to start!

@Elvia R. Arriola (2000)