giddy giggles
giving me goosebumps

going from green to gossamer
as we fly fantastically

while on wind and wings
worshipping wonders
and gliding giddily

I would be nowhere else
but here with you

below the neck
of a sultry sunflower
lies the breast bone
of a goddess
green sword and yellow stone
anticipating your thirst

an empty bottle
resting on an empty table
next to an empty woman

she cannot rise
I rise for her

exquisite rainbow bouquet
the smell of earth and life
soft petals hold hands in
ruby, pink, and tangerine
yellow and black wings flutter
over the floral heads
hummingbirds dip deep beaks
in colored jewels of pollen
hearty zinnia providing life

I fixate on
your words

luscious lyrics
chanting

candy gumdrops
on my tongue

becoming
ruffled emotions

like teardrops
falling on you
wiped away

it hides in the corners of my brain
like little pieces of sand from the Sahara
smooth, like shiny marble
soft, like afterfeather

it's in the whites of my eye
grainy and dry
irritating giving rise to tears
reminding me of you

I breathe it in
it sticks to my teeth
like peach fuzz
velvety and floccose

it's everywhere now
little trails across my back
gridlocked to my fingers
penetrating my lungs

I am inside the dust storm
that is you

and I cannot get the dust off

we were peculiar
like a magenta stem on green zinnia
no room for ****** romance
we would not fail to fail

you were persuasive
like an outlaw con man
I was devoted
like a cloistered nun is to Christ

surrounded by the furies
we danced a terrible tango
muddled whispers of lingering lyrics
loving until we burst

like a broken egg
at once a terrible and beautiful thing
we parted, disillusioned and illuminated
an axiomatic answer to the quest

if I were to wander the world
I'd find no one like you
At least I hope not
you were exceptional