the cold cement and buffeting wind
a gentleness to the moon

the rustle of night's reign
blanketing the world unseen*

Alone I walk, dreaming inside
with an ear to ear grin

melodies bouncing like light
with the heat of the sun

*inside my stomach

while reminiscing through
the thickly pined forests,
the gurgling streams
and fiery sky, blinking
through the notches and scars
with blazing beauty,
with sea's gentle drumbeat
and silvery descendant of heavens,
caress my numbing hands
with a mitten woven with
precious gems and
heartstring

like watercolors,
like light leaking
and souls breathing
like scribbling ink
like fragrance of dusk
and friendships caught
in embrace
the dearest, the closest
to heart
crumble like that
of fragile earth

flutter of fain keynotes*
chiming of icicles
rattle of soft hurts
and embraces of affection
flowing warmth
*and desire for artistry

I wade through clouds and sea
through these souls note awake and carefree
eyes locking and hearing sporadic
we all feed envy and cruelty*
*and in return desire zeal and love

soar high, high up above*
past the withering carcasses
of hollow dead-eyed fellows
high, I say!
far above the parasitic perpetuations
and petty misdemeanors,
far, breathe untouched air
witness the blissful expanse
of open, pure sky
so there you can witness the flirtatious moon
and noble sun waltzing lovingly,
the flight of clouds sailing
like in pursuit of treasure
of feeling your body untethered and free
*of soaring with joy succumbing to sublimity