in sandstorm and hurricane
forecast: light drizzle
picking through a debris-field
of wasted decades
in sandstorm and hurricane
forecast: light drizzle
displays only an outline;
shadowed eyes and lips
the indigestible parts–
gristle; stubborn spite
displays only an outline;
shadowed eyes and lips
roughly fifty feet across
with an unknown depth
roughly fifty feet across
with an unknown depth
twisted limbs, ancient instinct
an outpour of us
twisted limbs, ancient instinct
an outpour of us
drifting away on life's stream
won't you bloom once more?
drifting away on life's stream
won't you bloom once more?
of eventide revealing
lightning in a jar
of eventide revealing
lightning in a jar
hewn into fossil strata
remembrance entombed
pyroclastic memory
shaped like calcined bone
old heat
and running hæm
in scented shafts
skin-gulper
wreathed in shreds
edelweiss,
ivory,
and the mounting star
shoulder-met in sodium
empty
saw-light
hewn into fossil strata
remembrance entombed
a shuffle in the sheets; she's
so distantly close
tacit communication–
she smiles; leans closer
who knows
the language
of your silence.
a shuffle in the sheets; she's
so distantly close
heated edge held to the palm
replenishing touch
laceration patterning
edge-kissed fingertips
heated edge held to the palm
replenishing touch
oh, sweetly sour sensation
oof ouch my mouth hurts
oh, sweetly sour sensation
oof ouch my mouth hurts
sightless silence slipping in between
sightless silence slipping in between
gilded gears grinding in greed
are aptly parted
components corroded to
immobility
cogs and springs reduced to rust
oxygenated
gilded gears grinding in greed
are aptly parted
vacant verses vexing me
lie lifeless, in a heap of
broken images
vacant verses vexing me
sunswept clouds shadow the moon
creeping tides arise
sunswept clouds shadow the moon
creeping tides arise
though flesh and feathers have flown
heart and head now rest
though flesh and feathers have flown
heart and head now rest
dust and ashes; both dead ringers
dust and ashes; both dead ringers