longer apart than ever together
caught in moments
bittersweet weather
true to form
am calls
cutting the magic
ending your hold

my skin is your skin
you cannot shed me

the Serpent in the GARDEN
KNEW US WELL

we are all a oneness

one skin

my sins crawl underneath
all that I have to say

but please
can we fall in love.

my skin sloughs
flakes everywhere
I shed sins
its the snake
who inhabits
my darker self.

the day has watched over your slumber
waited for you to rise

and now day has you
in the palm of her hand

all the excitement of the fair
a merry-go-round

until night claims you
once again

and you lay your head down
in nights mothering lap.

i know
the idea of you
is pointless

nevertheless
today
i dream of you
like i tend to do

in that valley
where i left your kiss
hanging in the air

i could feel you waiting
for a change of heart in me

my heart never changed
it still beats with the same
ambiguous beats

i cannot remember
our night time talks
and forget our burned down silence

all the same i try

tingling agony
desperate for your gaze

i cannot shake you off

longing for your absence
to pass

were
I to awake a day
to nothing abstract
to
just real life
nothing obtuse
or glorified
might the sun shine?