MORNING GOWN
let’s open this door together
cherry blossoms stir
you are mine & I am yours
the water is on fire
cherry blossoms blur
my power comes from you
every mind on fire
now we do our do
all I am is you
faith in our strange ways
as we do our do
to change tomorrow today
have faith in our strange ways
three hundred million doors
change tomorrow today
this thing we do is ours
-- by Michael Schiavo
“The water is on fire.” is from James Galvin’s poem “Girl without Her Nightgown.” The Best American Poetry 2008
