Wu Wei Woman

She sat there with eyes
deep and bright
in dark make-up

to be with her
is to get her attention
while she’s hunting herself

I dropped my fingers,
what was the point of writing
as she sat here before me

she told me about Wu Wei
 – without knowing what it was
how she kept her distance

in order to move on
to survive that dark night
even though you wait

an awfully long time
for the train to come
she smiled, she stood up

and left me with a hunger
I didn’t expect for a long time
 – something you once had and lost

and everything, everything
you longed and wished for
is nothing, except… that.

– Her mirror, lay open
away was my Wu Wei –