Friday, 12 February 2021

her life

in my palms

with broken veins and

artist eyes. but broken

are 

my 

veins. 

warranted hearts 

displeased paper and

white radicals filtered

through these opaque, heavy

nautical wings.


i am sea i am burnt sage

i am dusted particles

i am grounded in your earth

soul; your soul's earth. 


yet; i worry on the lines

that i will forget to publish

our smiles.


we came from her womb

and i yearn for

the beige slumber 

once

more.




this will be my last poem

so that i remember. because before melted steel, there was hand-made, better, buttered words. we can decide if new spaces beneath me can qui...