When I'm tumbling through
my DARKEST of dreams,
a vast blackness
of unwavering fear,
Your evanescent glow
flashes in
my hazy iris,
until I'm gently pulled
into the safety of
my haven of tears.

And I
want you to realize
what your lashes hide away.

And I
want to be behind those eyes
when you look at me that way.

And I
feel my irises dilate, and my glance falls astray
from those orbs that mesmerize and catastrophize
my love struck brain,

And I
Just wonder, as my heartbeat flies...
As my gaze takes in the flush of your cheeks... (as I flush mine)
Though that gaze won't dare rise
to those laughing stars on your face.
I wonder... Tell me, since I'm suddenly shy.
Do your eyes... does your heart dilate the same?

An island of green
In the midst of a sea of white

A surge, a jolt
within white silence

The vapor
in the depths of the fog

A demon
lost in the clouds and hazy blue

Like lightning
Striking darkness twice

Scattered, her eyes of many colors.

I tighten my lens to see her world
more clearly, tiny wild bearded iris
speaking to me in the morning breeze.

We converse in this unknown tongue
I learned on the morning path along
green hills by the sea, a sort of

way of saying things people have
forgotten. Philosophers make their
guesses, ask their fuzzy questions,

but iris will have none of that; just
posing for a day dressed in spring
best, and begs me to snap her photo

as she will soon undress, go brown,
weep in twisted forms of sorrow,
change in a way some day I'll know

Out there with the shingled road
shimmering in the white sun
squinting into the periphery,
burnt ragged and raw retinas

dilation

out there in the slathering of sky
sleeps your soul

°·○Part 1
I created a secret garden.... 
Around my heart.... 
No one will see the beauty.... 
I hide inside.... 
Not the beautiful roses.... 
Or the dancing lilies.... 
Not the tulips that kiss the sky....
Or the tantalizing orchids....
Not the smiling daisies....
Or the purity in the irises....
Built walls much too high.... 
For anyone to climb.... 
Guarded by a strong wood door.... 
A big metal lock.... 
Can't break down these walls.... 
I won't let anyone get near.... 
Prove to me your worth.... 
Show me your key.... 
Will it fit my lock....? 
We shall wait and see.... 


°·○Part 2
I tried your key it fit my lock....
But after taking a walk in my garden....
You walked away....
Leaving the doors open....
Taking your key....
Forgetting to lock it up again....
And now my flowers....
Are slowly wilting....
The roses no longer have their beauty....
The lilies lost their will to dance....
The tulips no longer kiss the sky....
The orchids have become repulsive....
The daisies no longer smile....
The irises have lost their innocence....
Do you even care....
That I opened the doors....
To these great big walls....
Opening my heart....
Opening myself up to you....
I trusted you....

Night after night
I imagine myself
Being strewn across the ocean sky
Like a little star fading in and out of time
Moments of everlasting infinite irises
Block out my vision