We’re parallel
You’re most
Of my being
Touched by the stars
                              Pulled by the moon

The salt in tears
Surely connects us
To that part
Still water bound
                       By the memory it holds

When there's no thought
               For tomorrow today
When yesterday fails to exist  
It’s like being breathless
The relative moment is now    
            And you gasp
Grip life hold it close
Close enough
To accept every nail
Driven deep in your body  
                                  By life
Becomes no more
Than a point of reference
Upon which to hang clothes

When in the moment
                        Your presence
Fills a bandstand
                   A park
A promise made as a child
            When I grow up......
Hold yourself close to each minute
                                      Be breathless

Direct and concise
Without mention
           From father to daughter
To she who pounded his chest
To she who whispered don’t go
To she who wept across the county

Business like
                      Wills
Black and white
                      Bound in ribbons
               Attached to the heart

With strings binding in knots
With words at hourly rates
With clauses omitting
                                                 I loved you x

I'm pupating
Without the privacy of a cocoon
                           Maturing in full view
Shedding skin that thins and softens
                          Throughout the years

      I'll outgrow my body
Due to mortal limitation
       Break free from flesh
Emerge beyond physical

I know why the cats eyes sobbed
What to do with a fallen star

What it is to be captivated
Why icebergs drown
Why we should walk
                                      In our own shoes

That mortality's a phase
              Experience my greatest teacher
My worst enemy's kept in
A mirror the time taken
For a sparrow to exhale
How nothingness conceals all
                The clarity of silence

That life unfolds
As we choose
Based on experience
Of how we expect
                             Unless it doesn’t
Because you can’t live it that way

We could bathe
In physical truth
                                    Perhaps we do
Neat or distilled
Drip fed
              Like water
In its any forms
Placeless on periodic table

Truth softened
                          In our fragility
        Hardened
                          By others resilience

Worn by the face of a manikin
        At peace within the world
        If that’s what you wish it to be