Safety

somewhere
i watched it all.
i can see it now
a little.


i saw it come in 
shape of
a phase
a change
another universe,
i said.


but, no. no 
it was not 
that.


it was
the cocoon.
those woods
where the tree branches 
fold over the path.
in bed
under covers
during the storm.
the knowing of you
and me
still there.
in my mind.