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rest

Jun 26 colleen

joaquin

rest

you, with the weary eyes
and listless soul —
won’t you stay a while?

your uneasiness
has mired your senses.
come, lay on my lap.

rest well, my darling.
you are safe and sound,
i will make sure of it.

the world is on your shoulders, my love
allow me the pleasure of bearing the weight
so that you may close your eyes and rest

Jun 20 colleen

late-night lullaby

Jun 20 colleen

joaquin

late-night lullaby

singing you to sleep
is the greatest privilege

to have someone dear
become witness to my music

an audience of one —
the only applause i need

Jun 15 colleen

profession

Jun 15 colleen

joaquin

profession

I CANNOT LOVE IN SILENCE
THE WORLD’S EARS MUST RING
FROM MY PROFESSION

I HAVE GONE MAD FOR YOU
I AM TOO FAR GONE
I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU

Jun 15 colleen

she

Jun 15 colleen

joaquin

she

a lovely sight;
may I peruse
your soul forever?

May 13 colleen

☀️

May 13 colleen

joaquin

☀️

come
lay down with me
the sun is coming up

we’ll swallow its rays
and have sunlight flowing
from our fingertips

May 13 colleen

mundane

May 13 colleen

joaquin

mundane

i am reminded of you
in the overlooked
in the mundane

in the gentle banging
of our laundry machine
noisily washing our clothes

in the tapping of water
on last night’s dinnerware
that you forgot to wash

in the uneven warmth
of our bed’s duvets
as you’ve rolled yourself up in it

you are part of the world
and thus the mundane world
is now made beautiful

everything reminds me of you
so much so that if you were to disappear
everything would cease to exist

*

May 4 colleen

in silence

May 4 colleen

joaquin

in silence

i never understood
how love in silence
is any less
than love that is loud

so you mean to tell me
you think less of the fact
that you alone get to see
this lovely version of me?

for your eyes only.

Apr 29 colleen

snacking

Apr 29 colleen

joaquin

snacking

i’d crack open
all the sunflower seeds
in the world for you

but what if
you were allergic
to sunflower seeds

are all my efforts in vain simply because they were in a language you can’t understand?

also what do I do with all these sunflower seeds

Apr 21 colleen

committed

Apr 21 colleen

joaquin

committed

an impulse flight ticket to her city
to catch her off-guard

a bag of hurriedly packed clothes
and once-promised gifts

and a moment of doubtful clarity
willfully ignored as I climb onto the plane

all of this to prove to her
that i’m all hers

Apr 15 colleen

yearning, still

Apr 15 colleen

joaquin

yearning, still

we will soon meet and do crazy things together and the moon will be still and you’re all mine and i’m all yours and the midnight cartoons will mask our sounds and our warmth will coalesce under the duvets and create light and it will be lovely

it will be so lovely

#love

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