borealis

sweet soul swept up
pathed to your fingertips
disassemble your breath

in this celestial cosmic voice
i tell you what fills the space
between east and west

there cannot be another whose words
turn into mine
and swallow the ground beneath my feet

we will shout and kiss and sing
lost in something unseen
and unknown

the tape has worn out

eyes wide focus lightly
don't scratch the surface
lips dry moving slowly
go slow

can i see this forever?
ordinary and mundane
medicine for my heart
lightly slowly crushed

it's hard not to breathe you in
just keep the window open
open through the night
leaking everything

we'll always have goldsworthy
and water stains on coffee tables
fleeting and fading
turn off the light

it's all over me
and i don't know
what the fuck
we are doing.

when it's time, let me know.

it's in the wind now

uneven dust on the shelf
see the place where you put your shoes
they haven't been there in a while
i can still see them

it'll keep coming
tides in and out
washing away what i thought would stay forever
i can still see them

this can't leave my body
stains on shirts, blood in my fingernails
hush and roar and silence
i can still see them

why aren't they there anymore?

a step in the right direction

Running out the daylight
clinging to the night
stars staring back at us.

This should be
what it is
It still is.

I'll hold out till they come for us
with feather in hand
and you at my side.

Scattered tiny scratches
with a long embrace
Set sail to the wind.

And in the dark before the light goes out.

the cold electric

It was like slipping on a worn pair of shoes
everything  fit where it was supposed to
shrinking away from uncertainty

We can wander into the night
slipping in and out of different universes
just to take a look

For a few seconds at a time I feel
I am in the right place
your gaze within mine

we took this too far

what if i said i missed you

your hair has turned dark and musty

watch the butterflies hatch out of it

in this weathered hand i see

tucked into bed and waiting

swirled destinies and widows wilting

everything melts and mixes

still silently sitting on the top coagulating 

this will take too long

i see the beginning of it

galloping and shredding through 

everything that had been carefully laid out.

the look

the sun stars shine through your straw hat
I followed the wind to your door
knocked the three knocks
we agreed

he looked at me like he knew me
picked up on the side of the road
he could build a house with his own hands
sleep beside it and dream

we stand, road beneath our feet
sun on my brow, blisters on my heels
step into dark
you still have that soap in your mouth