Set

sail

to a

dream

Curitiba

a stage

home

now

taking

parts of

me

trinkets

baubles

freedom

to dance

for

others

applause

your

toothy

grin

graced

private

heart

rooms

today

you

belong

to

others

just

mine

no

longer

Postcards

lay

clothes

before

impressions

of

long

ago

longing

rolling

side to

side

missing

your

weight and

heat

paper

pictures

stamps and

scrawl

cannot

blanket

now

I

have

love

invisible

Eyes

mossy

green

set

amidst

pecans

lashes

flutter

teasing

winks

mirrors

gateways

sometimes

blue

sometimes

green

once

red

I

wish

I

saw what

you

see

especially

what

you

see

in

me

Calm

wind

ripples

wrinkles

in

colorless

tablecloth

breeze

causing

gooseflesh

tiny

waves

of

you

dancing

away

mirroring

sky

you’re

blue

a

handful

of

you

is

cold

crisp

and

clear

tasting

you

whetting

lips

tongue

teeth

stepping

in

you

you

lap

at

legs

now

at

your edge

dipping

toes

you

tickle

that

deepest

part

the

heart

lake

You

said

you

saw

silver tone

against

gray scale

with me

you

said

you

saw

hues

depth

dimension

to me

you’re

my

prism

clear

fracturing

white

to

color

you

my

dear

cause

color

not

I