Black and red roses fell from the sky
The sky was blonde
Your body was green.

You were a forest,
No, you were an entire wilderness
Laying before me nature's refreshing,
Unapologetic love
Refusing to cottle,
Wary of domestication
Open and blue
As your eyes and your words

Inviting to an explorer
But dangerous to a wanderer

All tan and green was my roughly hewn shelter on your beach
With the sun, and the waves, and the breeze

But the fledgling thing was no match for the winds
The winds that come every now and then
They swept my angry curses away and killed them on the sea

Because woman--
You've made a fool out of me.

The winds change and up the ridge was another man
Who found intimacy in your vibrant weather, your thunderstorms, his vista, your hot summer days, his journey through the woods

And you were **** in your black bikini.

I'm dashed to bits on the reef
Throwing a stupid looking hat at the ground
Looking very much like a lost tourist
But you can see the look wearing off
Peeling away like my sunburn,
(Yours truly)
There is a man underneath.