I saw the sun lingering in the rib of my garden

and i said,

“Oh sun, oh sun, you see I am swelling

with the night sky and her stars.

Take me by your hand,

I come to you from a different land.

You are heart in the midnight sea,

You are a fire shrine inside of me.

Instill your blaze into my veins,

I can bleed your light, these words can be your paint.

Coil my spine and wear it as a crown,

unfold my heart and fold it to your chest.

take me from earth, pluck me as an innocent child would

a flower, and peel me.

I am your delicate bloom,

You are my sail.

My mouth can barely speak;

You are my sail.

life is beauty,and beauty is my name

as long as iam your love; softly, softly.

and i ask,

“Tell me, which way were you born?”

-Arizona