"waterlungs" poems
three two one. fade in. you
are a dream time
will molder.
i return to you each arm.
the wildfire of you; flew rubies.
pitched; and scalded. moonless,
we carried the night like
flying-carpet fabric of our
soul. the way your words
shone, fluttered.
clung to the frayed spine. radiance
and immaturity. counting you
in ribs; starved of stomach. crumbs
like gratitude.
the shades of you in
detuned strings.
you wanted to see
slide. i dream of pulling
focus and zoom but maybe
it is better a dream. yours
were those of emerald;
mine, abstinence.
i watch you fade fast
fire gone grey fire famished
trickle and then
drowning; rhythms of limbs
and limbs, downy limbs
and waterlungs
i close my eyes
you are a dream
time will drown
and it feels right. a hollowed-out
kind of right.
fade out
Feb 14, 2016
Feb 14, 2016 at 3:50 AM UTC