what rests in shallow arms
to wade through violent waters?
a blistered little sunken heart
drunk on the idea
that love might save her...

"what do you think
you're doing?"

"nothing
compared to what
i've already done."

let's wade upstream
sure, you can follow me
i'm heading into sunset
around the dams
and up the falls, and
muddy water runs deep
in these veins, after all, and
ahoy, a nest!
amid pine needles
and gatorade bottles
sits pretty mother goose
hissing like a serpent
so, take off! for the shore!
like helpless little children
let's race downstream

behind
the snowball bush
springtime streams
like shooting stars
slicing through
all winter left
behind

does he love me?
on sprigs of rosemary
petals aren't meant to be
plucked
it hurts my knuckles
to strip this yard
of such color
or, does he not?

behind
the blackberry bush
thorns snag me
back to when
i loved april
without him

besides
i want our love to mock
these blossoms
for everywhere
i smell them
even if my favorite
tree is bare

dance with me
don't wait for the
sun to come back
or the sleet to
cease fire
life is now
and our love
is fervent
don't you see?
hands to hips and
heads to chests and
heart to heart
and this is how
our love is
fervent

i saw someone with smiles
i touched someone with strength
i loved him as a buttercup
loves the bumble bees
live from me, and i for you, but please
be free
please
don't fall in love
with a ****

the syntax of our song
a phantom
we will hum along
someday
another chorus
best left
open
we don't have to play ahead
or tap time to this
to know
act one was where
we ended
in the most
mellifluous
way