I saw your tattoo spread its wings
in your shiver,
cranes in flight,
a delicate friend unraveling to reveal
plain old chemistry in a weary drizzle,
a quiet fall on yesterdays swept away.
a poured-out balm on every-other-day blues
soft as the lily's purple embrace,
forget-me-knotted attraction caught in place.
a spilling over & again across the pages,
buried paper stains pressed down
with wine & power, a sarcophagus song.
a crashing in that space between tongue and mouth
in oh no’s- tricking peace for trepidation intoxication,
top me off with *** & coke- thanks, bud.
lightning sparks behind flooded eyes.
a castaway in the silent storm
that every day,
bleeds a little more away.