go there

orbit

preposterous selectivity
is punishment for the beautiful
collapsing gracefully
with uncontrollable avarice and lust
on a fainting couch
and they shall lie listless
with insatiable desire
as excess bleeds their heart blind
an unfathomable empty comeuppance

sea to desert

been homesick,
staring out my window
at swirling sunset winds
as they meander
over the rocky terrain
of our boundaries
like come hither fingers
been watching,
soft shivers of fleeting sadness
kiss the shoulders
of those distant rolling hills
covered in tall grasses
swaying like fireflies
under the spell of a hot sky
and by the grace of chance
i will be well
in my haunted house

hiding

how long until i am found, here

nostalgia

this rising veil
exposes moments
that i
cannot grasp
they come to me
in a dream
so that i may long
for things unremembered
moments unseen
lost through delicate
fragile and fleeting
peripheral runoffs of desire

come to where i go
i wish you knew something

crying

my brain feels like it will float away
i was so high with the sun
why have i sunk?
i'm skimming the bottom of the ocean
searching for a flame
out of my peripheral vision
i see pictures of my sons
and though i don't remember the last time i did so,
it makes me want to cry
the very concept of them
and to their left is the light house
beaming in the blue
it's finally blue
if only for today
i smell blood on my fingers
and my womb aches
because i am a woman

a second layer of clothing

i bundle up
to hide my skin
and my skin protects my blood
and my blood swirls through my heart
and it's here that
i swim

i never could make smoke rings

pshooooooooooooooooooooo

the sound of a rocket flying through space