Maelstrom
entering into fall you I we become a dragon
breathing icicles thirsting
for the pleasures of the flesh heart psyche
to be set free
dissonance painted onto your my our scales skin hide
layer after layer a polish without a remover
oak sycamore frosty hawthorn leaves
form up armies
indecision uncertainty emancipation begin
strafing what ifs 3 bedroom condos dollars a tornado of leaves
deliver an apple blossom into your my our taloned hand
will you I we dissolve transform rebirth?
I Take This Proof as Sound
Twilight begins to blur the border—
a dream gone walking
and if after so many words
the world fell away and I let it
I was only trying to do the right thing
words echoed hidden in the moon
too late for apologies
nothing battled down
where skin is a landscape
until the river crests
a tyranny of image unfolds
the crust of distant songs
was it all a hoax
a mended scandal
I summoned you through my hands
indifferent to resolution
to catch the lemon dark
I did not desire to stop
my body is nothing
there is wreckage under the skin
light comes out as particles
I used to substitute love for sex
LeHew, I Take This Proof as Sound
(new stanza)
influenced by diverse elements
at the time of selection
some sorrows spilt onto the floor
the day the doves came back empty
who knew all the answers
if not for the stars
the footprint of your absence
leaves that fell all night, thick and quiet
seeing ghosts in the mirrors
as the year shed it’s wings
wrapped in perception
I take this proof as sound
say that you will die for me
I can but only ask
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