I have come to conclusion
over sunpierced crust
brittle as tobacco leaf
astride mottled nag
scraggling on loose gravel
sandsoaked
saltsteeped
leadheavy in lid
past dactyled tracks
parallel cobbled macadam
wavering shale
lockjawed lava rock
fractured cobalt
lone juniper
forgotten scrub
open boil of tar and pitch
halfburied bones of leviathan
still shifting in the clouded boom
of stone
through grapeshot hail
adobed pueblos
thatchskinned women
and straw men
all witches
flaying the gila
pestling scale with cornmeal
and fermented mescal
desert sangria
hallucinating sideways in the murk
where coyotes yip
and each star a conflagration
mirrored in the captive eyes
of floundered meteorites
at the terminus
where sun and moon merge
I know the question
and response
from where do you come
to where do you go

Started with the light,
Ended with a fight.
Formulated with questions,
Tested with actions.

A being with a weird aura,
Making me tremble with an unusual flora.
Lockjawed and frozen,
She is a being worth knowing.

I lay my eyes into yours,
You lay yours with a smile.
A smile that makes everything fine,
Maybe the time has come to redefine.

I moved a step closer,
Thinking it would be brighter.
From the get-go it got better,
I stepped one more time by making a letter.

You frowned as I gave it to you,
Your friends smiled as i said "i love you".
But you threw it and walked away,
Leaving me there looking like a dog in the rain.

I thought that our mind crossed,
But instead you decided to stop.
I asked myself "why?".
Thinking that this was all a huge lie.

A certain thing that everyone is risking for,
To move forward or just to stay put.

I wish I could sink my teeth in,
Become lockjawed,
Deadbolt,
A parasite,
Anything known to stay
Beyond its welcome.
I will carve my name on your heart
With a blade
Rather than write it in lead,
So you cannot simply erase me.
You'll never find my fingerprints
But you can be **** sure
I'll leave a scar.
I will teach myself to be permanent
Even if it means being painful.