i have not lost track of you

you are steady, still & warm

a fair bird I will follow to

the very edge of dwindling breath

every night the monster brings

me a banquet of blank paper

& as I write,

you drum in the corner neath

iridescent flickers of falling snow.

smiling openly till you disagree

they all beat you down, like a spider

& though some of it is true

i will not lose track of you

for in the all in all of us

there is some very best of me

(Oh love.)

you must feel the loss in the now & thens

the bright gaps within misunderstandings.

*

i saw many birds, all at once

dipping

drifting

diving

& then two

only two

- off they went together

and "us" - i thought

"that's us"

oh. 

i love you.

 

do you know my heart still.

I think about you

Like sunlight crashing through

Flaunting fingerprints to tell

- & hot upon my heart

I think about you

As flowers curl

Lightly & coincidental

But they will leave so soon

Should nothing stay so sweet

I think about you

While moonlight persuades

A falling breath uncaught

Diving within this seaside chest

Sinking somber, my violet eyes


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from the collection Heart Drumming