i.
drunken in my pockets,
the day whispers to the trees that
pin to you, albatross
of a wind-swept sea loosening
feathers and heart-beats in
short, death-caught seconds.
ii.
gorgeous girl of height,
your caves are bright mysteries
your light an elephant's graveyard
of grey.
iii.
bitter note of earth,
you anchor birth
to our eye sockets, unwrap
mint and honey from the hills.
iv.
uneasy mistress,
dark daughter of sight,
sunk into all the corners of the world
you break like string,
you break and i break with you.
v.
vignette of ivy-coloured dreams,
sunny trail, you break my heart and
glue it back, sigh and sigh like a viking raider
conjured out of porcelain
and rose-water.
vi.
warrior of distant planes,
dense harbour of a lonely city,
landscape of water, unravelled
in an instant, a velvet
ribbon tied into a bow.