sleepless hands crab &
clutch at taut muscles
frozen long nights
eyes seeking skies for
the host on the ride
Tag: poetry
sleepless
smudging space
Photo by Ginny Rose Stewart on Unsplash i smudge space most days
inviting spirits to my smoke at
campfires within indoor plains
for no reason at all
but to give them space to
rest their weary before
they carry on & then ontwo-twenty
Photo by Simon Wilkes on Unsplash my body is my drum
humming at two-twenty
thumps per minutes
from my thumb, terraforming
my world before my eyes
turning inside to see
where everything is
leaves and evergreens
with buzz wing dragonflies
dancing pastel skies
slumbering in dream
under a springtime sun
hanging words on oak
my heart bursts widehear her
Photo by Wes Hicks on Unsplash fever head her
birch song wind
russet leaves dead
sleet ticktaps pines
as she stands strong
hear her, hear her
under the wood
alder sap & painted
hear her, hear her
underdark
underwood
shadowsonged
fever head her
blackthorn pricks
stone the river run
river under ice
and brambles strong
hear her...stone turning
Photo by Dariusz Sankowski on Unsplash this every stone turned
hides another lie
buried in permafrost
look to the other
find your heart within
chase the chill awaydawn
back against metal
frost skin bruised
waiting for the sun
concrete chipped cuts
those nylon nerves
screaming for the sun
i love you like
you don't love me while
dawning before the sunadrift
Photo by Dariusz Sankowski on Unsplash flood homes we float
from staircase to stair
debris seeking alone
adrift, scattered words
waterstained india black
flowing as souls do wet
hands our fingers bite
sending words awry
breaking fountains
feathered
washing stonesouth lane
Photo by Dariusz Sankowski on Unsplash these shadows on the moon
cast a face of yours in pale
throwing stars numbered
sharp, cutting and fallen
will we remain the unforgiven?
in one year or three
we will see if you walk
down south lane dreams
see if knots truly bind or
if unkindly ones give tell
the ocean's scent carries
even hereThe Dust Settles, But Not The Moss
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