dark grass

your bare feet are cold
in the deep
wet grass. it's night.
there is no moon.
your feet
sink into the dark soil,
the water seeps between
your toes,
the pebbles stick
to your soles.
you won't walk far like
this.
half across the yard
on a moonless night.
you just had to remember
had to know
what it felt like once
more in your life.