X
horizons envelop you
grass blanked hills
overlooking the city
wildflowers at your feet

we both came alone
panorama sky unfolds
the sun and wind breathe sweetly
melts the sky and my senses
plays harmonies on my skin

watercolor clouds submerge
into starry realms
an infinite dome above
this small corner of the world

it’s all hung so carefully
no redundancy
fifteen minutes of silence
just breathing slowly

i had a dream yesterday
that i was dead but
you couldn’t see or hear me
im still kind of there
but i touched you and you knew

needle and thread in my hand
it hurt just being with you
it was a warm mess
stitching ****** sunset skin

brouillard dans la crepescule
ever temperate
inviolate aching bodies
fragility in balance
my skin painted on the night

green eyes false blue in moonlight
tu m’a donne la chaleur
opalescent smoke murmers
memories of resonance

X

in the mornings sarah bikes
on a meadow trail
sunrise saturated fields
gold amber and rose
l’heure d’or, la lavande dans l’air

x

in Guinean sun-kissed grass
seasoned by ages
of endless constellations
falls like dusty snow
in a black coffee heaven

i heard her outside
from the hazy veil of steam
streamed red on pure white
bones broken by brotherhood
what have you done, who are you -- -

shrouded youth in dreams
silent voicemails at midnight
complacent lovers
rewritten in scars of heat
where we cower from the light

all I remember
as distillation began
is this can’t be you
green eyed boy, brown curly hair
evisceration of souls

haunting these spaces
this house of sloshing stale wine
forgetting first loves
stitching bone and marrow
until time grows clean unharmed.

x

this must be the place
where no softness will reach us
all you have is now
the pool between our bodies
stillness in the night

i am all you need
i am the essence of things
sunlight through stained glass
sweet breath on lightning struck flesh
the caress of the unseen

x

gently **** this mind
with the sweetest summer’s kiss
empty garden trails
riverbed buried with sun
in warm dirt we dug our toes

breathe the blades of grass
drink sweet constellation dew
wandering sleepless
capitulate to the night’s
pristine underground

X

winding roads pull wind from lungs
green blossoms decay summer sun
ignorance and bliss unravel wordless memory
forbidden touch forgives absence of leaves
dividing sky like flashback film souvenirs
i breathe blades of grass
drink sweet constellation cobwebs of morning dew
wanderings deep inside a sleepless dream
you know you love him
so let him go, the riverbed buried warming sun
into soft dirt we dug our toes
garden trails, empty minds
gently killing time


//
Keep the score, ever widening and chasing circles
Capitulate false aggression,
Vibrations in flowering emptiness
Rapids sweet and clean
Glass-smooth rocks
Cut and sewn in fabric of water
Buoyant bodies shift in waves
Memory shaped on skin
Widening irises illuminate you in the dark,
Your bedsheets, ambient lights above bed
Surrender to aching pull
I’ve been walking a familiar line, painted fingers
I’ve been thinking in murmuring heartbeats
And painting you sleeping
It’s more trouble than you think it is
Up all night, pushing my body across the line
Unfamiliar horizons, how do you know you really ****** up
Trees on the sky, wind in the earth
Fire in bones, the magnetism of you
Suckle colors from hands
Delicate honey nectar
Draws breath from my chest
Jetstream fog hangs lucid in your room
After a fresh rain,
Leaves fall and stain the ground,
Imprints of your hands
Streams trickle down the walls
and pool in between our bodies, still in the night

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