My

eyes

leap

off

your

cheekbones

diving

into

deep

chocolate

morsel

ponds

where

I

swim

languidly

like a

teen-aged

boy

on

summer

vacation

Life

storms

raged

yesterday

tearful

downpours

lightening

strikes of

truth

gales of

honesty

tore roots

of lies

cyclone of

deceit

cleared

foundation

now

aftermath

born

rebuilding

upon

nothing but

clarity

and

truth

Ceaseless

words

epiphanies

translations

reflections

unyielding

compromise

self-doubt

confessions

where

does

one

turn

when

oneself

lacks

comfort

Bleeding

break

cresting

ridge

climbing

yellow

ivy

crawling

day

orb

anoints

night

immersion

sudsy

warmth

sky high

warming

you

long

before

me

like

love

sharing

same

sun

Delicate
airborne
calico
angels
wind
surfing
alighting
windowsills
shoulders
graceful
harbingers
of hope
embodying
change
moving
from green
to orange
pure
cherubs
transforming
us
from
plain
to
winged
beauties
capable
of
anything

Sitting

between

us

parts

of

used to

be

broken

pieces

refusing

compromise

unglued

worn

unhinged

disavowed

toys

once

bound

together

now

scattered

messy

fingering

them

avoiding

attempts

at reconstruction

we’ve

become

unusable

scraps

slices

fractions

iotas

Tapping

settling

compacting

unwrapping

unfoiling

choosing

lighting

you

first

breath

drawn

calming

tasteful

robust

smooth

too quickly

habitual

harsh

toxic

addictive

what was once

occasional

turned

enslaving

a part of me

finally

stubbed

out

you’ve

turned

to

ash