Labyrinth

I searched for you

Under stones, beneath bark,

In dreams with countless stairs,

In elevators lifting God knows where.

On landings splashed with water

Cool and rippling. 

I looked into the ripple 

But it would not hold, forever widening, 

The circle vanishing. 

I moved through subway stations

And I was frightened.

I searched and searched,

Following your apparition

From one dream to the next