the wayfarer’s inn

by Emily Liu

take a break from love

my love, take a break from want,

take a break from heart

my heart, stop and rest a while.

come to the wayfarer’s yellow inn

dressed in a dream of flowers:

come to the painted eggshell room

drifting with quiet hours.

so take a break from love

my love, take a break from want,

take a break from heart

my heart, stop and rest a while.

come to the cotton candy bed

tucked in a crescent moon’s bower;

let your weary heart fall still

in gloaming’s tawny shower.