I have been thinking
maybe you and I
need a safe word,
so when I wander off
and start talking
to the stars in a language
they understand, you know
in starlight you can
whisper it in my ear
and bring me back
down to earth.
Gerry Grubbs has poems appearing in Haikuniverse, Journal Of Expressive Writing and others. He has a book recently published by Dos Madres Press.