your mind
is merely dancing skeletons
in the dark
take comfort
in the quickstep
and know that these
shackles will break
and you will dance upon
the heavy dew grass
again

How did we fall into
this power struggle

love and kindness
tugging with scorn and disregard

each day we wake
and wonder whose heart
will triumph

we drink our coffee
and contest over its
bitterness

or sweetness

every day we fight
over nothing
and everything

our souls eradicating
with each row

if this is love
then I shudder at the thought
of hate

the branches shook to hear your name

the magpies screamed when there was
nothing left

to steal

as you’d taken it all, in a fell swoop

like you’d taken my heart

brutally, dishonestly

and the branches shook

in trepidation

in case they were next

forever washed over our skin

like water

waves against the shore

boats against the current

we struggled, like sailors

to control the ocean

to bend it to our will

but in the end

the deep sea took us

and we drowned in beautiful

blue

these fingers can weave magic
these lips can utter spells

but only you have the potion which I drink
as if dying of thirst

that transforms my heart into a quivering bird

desperately seeking it’s voice
to sing it’s song of freedom

holy water, holy wine
your touch comes as a Holy Trinity

a beginning
a middle and
an end

let us not say goodbye, just yet
let us just wait for the potion
to settle in my stomach
one last time

Your voice calls in the night

stirring the silence of my cigarettes and coffee

I have not slept in days, for your hauntings

leave me questioning everything

every kiss
every “I love you”
every goodbye

did I mean that last goodbye?

or does my heart still grow under your touch

Star shaped bullets

fired from the night sky’s rifle

murdering the sins of daylight

what must never be seen under the sun

destroyed in a passionate blaze

star shaped bullets

footprints on the moon

our kisses and confessions

will all be over soon