Once

at first

words

laughter

bee

buzz

hours

hours

and

more

giving

way

dikes

bursting

creeping

Ivy

bodies

whispers

secrets

dreams

now

nothing

nothing

but

silence

that

common

quiet

peaceful

luxurious

silence

Looming

high

above

me

tickling

soul

clouds

scraping

heavens

grounded

thick

bottomed

rising

skyward

towering

topped

by

eyes

blinking

lights

from

below

you

appear

monolithic

an idol

fixture

defining

our

skyline

oh

my

skyscraper

Moments

simple

questions

details

crooked

smiles

one

gold

speck

amidst

mossy

eyes

you

I

were

one

eons

ago

at the

bang

today

you’ve

become

my

infinity

plus

one

Darkness

skyward

percussion

bursting

stars

red

yellow

green

ooo’s

ahh’s

childlike

awe

curiosities

of the

birth of

constellations

fifteen

brief

minutes

delivering

starlight