I couldn’t decide 
diamond or moonstone 
one rules day
the other night 
one giggles while 
the other moans
one brags constantly 
catching about everything 
and the other 
casually corner sits
I decided moonstone 
for your shyness 
and its glow 

This quiet
I see
nothing stirs
throaty growls 
of heat
and ice
off away 
just peace
no whimper 
no gasp 
this night 
that bleeds

I swim

I swim
and swim
and swim

no splash 
no sound 
just glide
like birds 
just shimmer 
like mirrors 

this peace 
this relief 
I’m airborne 

I’m free

I have discovered 
that if you 
have one thing 
one way for 
a long time 
then add or
remove something else 
that everything about 
it seems different 
be it plant
bed even myself 
it doesn’t take 
much for most
things to change 
like a stone 
tossed into pond
it eventually belongs 
forever it ripples 

My last 
breath will
be a
written word 
for the 
soul and 
no other 
knows when 
it is 
finally over