Unwrap me
I am a gift
A brazier radiant in the dark
Redeem me
Before I burn myself up.

I said my goodbyes
Wherefore then, this surprise
This unannounced monsoon
In my eyes

Oh this?
It's just the dead
Rising every now and then
To haunt the undead

I was looking for you
I found you
Explored you
Lived with you
Knew you
Too well.

I'm still looking for you.

If you could write me
And I could sing you
No world outside
Would intrude

My heart hurts
An implacable stormfront
Elephant goad driving
To abased shame

Older much, wiser a bit
Don't chafe at it
Swim through and with
Not against.

Yearning to float, to drown
Once more, in limpid warmth
Chase and catch forest flame
In scalded hand
What you would embrace
Is lost

This half pierced thorn
A sore
...a scabbed waif
Bathe it, home it
This stray tortoiseshell

Acquiesce to her reign
Her comfortable disdain
And you perhaps,
Will learn peace.

To two lone wolves
Baying together at the midnight moon.