plant, overwatered
overflow drips from its lip
veins burst
*** breaks
shards slice
green remains
bleed thick sap
better to have overwatered
than dried to death

you wake each day with eyes like rain,
that torch the dry cinders in mine
like a chilled flame or
tender moonlit streams
in the quiet middle of the night

burn me through
flesh, then bone
as i stare at your promise, veiled in blue
pull the curtain shut
blink just once.
i will become ash at the mercy of you

wet dirt
adhere to me
sand of the earth
mold me into being
your perfect being

(an inexistent being)

mother
nature
embrace me
allow me into your center
i will burn at your core
to become nothing
once more

I know you are gone  
but the wind curls around me,  
slides under my clothes  
to tickle at bare skin.  

Sun rays caress my face  
in the same way you used to  
pet stray cats.  

Rivers yell and crash  
when they run,  
like us
hand in hand  
when we were young.  

I know you are gone  
but I will always hang on  
to the fleeting existence of you.