natural awe is so because
you are so very brave
I sense you now
so close at hand
and yet so far away
 

inner apparitions
sting of wounds
and suffering
brings up stoic defenses
when placed upon another
 

I thought of the stream
of neverend
and the permanent ink
you have tattooed
because only you understand
 

what its like on Jupiter
the rainstorm seconds
that gush in floods
sending distinction off to mars
returning to earth alarmed
 

relegate the corrosion
to a pile of leaves
burn them now
and swirl away
take no baggage to heaven
 

close your eyes
I’ll kiss your eyelids
allow your dreams
those golden hues of
hand made tapestry
 

because my love
each piece of you
stretches out before me
and brings me to be
everything that is you