forever

Ormolu

I keep writing
I’m still beating
Fluently flowing
Holding out
Holding on

Crevices and curbs
I could be
Sneaking into or
Waiting on

How many corners
How many eyes
How many smiles
Until I find
Yours

Used to have wishes
Stars to make love under

Wanted to travel
Get closer to you

How many more times
How much less sand
Dripping through
My hands

Your waist
My arms
One chase

Mauve maybes
Tomorrow glances back
Over your shoulder

I can feel you
Without touching

Sensory overload
Endless chalice
Simple thirst for
Eternity

Wet

Safe

Everything is temporary
Just because you’re pretty
Don’t mean nothin’
They’ll take your freedom
Snatch your security
Throw you to the wolves

Red house true dreams
Minuscule problems
Everything melts away
In ribbons of protection
Tied around the space
Just to remind you
That you are safe and sound
In a place where you
Never knew if you were before

No looking over your back
Self expression is allowed

You can rest your head here
In my lap and know that
No one can hurt you now
No one can hurt you now
No one can hurt you now

My love is forever

And then it happened
Because the thread broke
Pulled too tight
Couldn’t sense the tension
Should I throw on a yarmulke
Would it make a difference?
We’re kind of like yarn
Twisted and tugged
Rendered in the leftover
Colors of the sky
I could sense the residuals
Underneath the concrete
An art for resistance
As the army of ants
Marched away even when the
Distance seems cooler
But the sun never goes away there
They call it fake winter
So everyday is sweating and warm
When my mind stopped grumbling
I looked up to catch a glimpse
Of something saying
“You already know it.”
It’s not like you’re hearing voices
But externally the body language
Becomes more clear
Crows caw the words
Time is slowing

Mixed Up

A little mixed up
The highs and lows
The to’s and fro’s
Wishes floating
‘Round in the sky
Pappus flying
All around me
Too easy to
Be sad

Watch the emotions
Meter up and down
Escalator running
Backwards
Soaring in reverse
Making headway
Upside down
Upended smiles
Riding upturned
On a dandelion parachute
Nothing to catch me
From falling
Gliding head over heels
With broken wheels
Eagerly anticipating
The distance

Holding on with everything
Ready to let go
At any given moment
Nothing is absolute
Not even the beat
Of my heart
Even as it repeats
I know
Only love
Is forever

I can see love
In everything
Even as the trees
Breathe
Even as the stars
Deplete
Even as the Earth
Bleeds

Love is still there
Hovering exciting
Withstanding despair
Only love is forever

Forever Enticing

Forever biting
Chipping away at
The best part of us
Unfolding all the truths
Learning every piece
Seeing how it fits
Deeper than sex
Could ever expect
To get

A combination
Sensual relation
Of the mind

All in good time
My dear

All in good time

We will see a bigger
Piece than both of us
That we create together
Forever enticing
The placement
Of two hearts
In one
Sharing one lung
Sharing one sun

You are fetching
My inner angel
Overlapping our cathedrals
Alluring the afternoon
Between us

Pianos in our eyes
Rolling on the floor

I believe I saw you once
Eating delicious figs
In a succulent dream
Three or four
Forever enticing
Our friendship
Beyond what stellar
Means