Remind me

remind me to tell you sometime why I couldn’t get up

without heaving myself and pushing

every joint through its motion

remind me to tell you sometime how I cried

in the dark by myself 

remind me to tell you about the night when

autumn had finally arrived and the house lay open.

When I walked out from the shower, sat in my towel

on the veranda while the wind dried me,

and thought about the idea of never standing up