Last Night's Comfort - Elixir

Dumb light feels about and finds the window

Bare and early and on the slope the trees are sharp

As soon as shape describes them surely

Even grass with its grace knives the air to point clearly

Today’s a world been told already

And in her room with rug and pillow

Our small daughter stirs and cries

Last night’s comfort has turned hollow

And cold cuts at where she lies

Proving every naked place

I lift her, quick as light is easy

Warm into our crumpled bed

To crouch and cuddle to us closely

'til the cold is forced outside

This much of comfort must be shared

Awake I stand and draw the blinds

And in her room with rug and pillow

Our small daughter stirs and cries

Last night’s comfort has turned hollow

And cold cuts at where she lies

Proving every naked place

It’s too early to go out

I wait and listen to the world