I can't unravel that
I shan't un-travel that
your lips your eyes
closed closed closed
are these now knowin'
your ever anger isn't
overcome is set aside
awaiting my act

a souring day breaks
like water
bears malice
from time past
conserved for now's
temerity to be new
that's grasped down
fast

lest escapes happen
of now
without ideological
grip of dead eyes
for beauty

This casting of a spell
as if you saw someone
for an instant
in an empty
room
no one's there
and you have this feeling
as if someone is
there
This casting of a spell
carving  your back
a question feeling its
coming answer and is
complete in some
darkness always
unheard
quiet in your lines
don't reach crush
any who do
die comforted
and unheard

I think I reach
for you

this conceit
my lever

of ascent
satisfying

ly
high

above you
all

to distill it
clenched

un
rewarding

ly

Arriving at careless
Where I've let go
even

Filling that space

Rolling over
throwing a leg
out easing my back

sleep comes e  a s ily
in stutters i know
are pallid

shuddering away
to sleep off
whatever

this flavor of a day
the floor is lava
in this story

The violent one in me
is swinging fist down
with force
I'm clenched
almost rigid
in muscle reaction
to this desire
to do harm
to someone
bad
Are you bad?

No one seems
to admit to this
so i'm backed up
my  eyes darting about
there should be someone
bad about
shouldn't there
be someone
to fill that role
I need

I hear a guitar
and have a feeling
more than

this tone entwines
me
in chills

an envelope
sultry
beckons

i sing with a feeling
am sung
out

watercolor dabbed
spreading past wait
beautiful

running color
insisting on
filling texture

I can't find it
my connection
dis

connec...ting ing
I can't find
restraint

rest aint
here
con quicksand

gallons of wine
over time
throw out the bottles

time to open
gropen
agin

sink ing a line
being a fish
gulping

i apologize
upon re
read