I hear you singing in the next room by Helen Rickerby

I hear you singing in the next room



It is more than not being alone



We cook together and eat

from blue bowls



Sometimes I am the wise one


sometimes you



The night we met, we both

kissed the same boy



You write ‘I love you’ in the condensation

on the window



I lead you into luxury and indolence



We walk to the zoo and promise the animals