Tuesday, October 29, 2013

untitled


as bright as breath can be
denim dreaming out loud
as bright as breath can be
like rain in the air 
as bright as breath can be
glossed nails with impossible colors
as bright as breath can be
a tune that wrapped me in longing
as bright as breath can be
like a magnet to a small amulet
as bright as breath can be
cobbled together
as bright as breath can be  
brief bits of light felt words and places of being
as bright as breath can be
through many shades of light 
as bright as breath can be
saturating my heart with the rules of balance

Saturday, October 19, 2013

joy


life was about to 
exellerate one of my episodes
life was about to 
expel the light and a world divided at the bottom
life was about to 
be cut out of the paper tablecloth a turning, green globe with blue shaped water
life was about to 
turn to a little shiny object that smells stale bare feet, sticking to the floor
life was about to 
bare to the water, sand and sun tall canopy like trees that buckled the sidewalk with their roots
life was about to 
expose the larger sky taking a backseat to dry indifference
life was about to 
reveal a truth only his gait and posture could express
life was about to 
sprinkle stars that rolled from the cup of our palms
life was about to 
become theater with stages everywhere

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

my everyday dreams


I pour over
the light in the room

I pour over
the offers of eye contact

I pour over
the walls of the room

I pour over
the midday sun

I pour under
the control of his whole body

I pour under
the release of breath

I pour under
a breaking laugh

and find myself pouring over and under my everyday dreams.

Benefit me Lovely


benefit me lovely
briar patches and rose thorns
bringing about a slam of language
punctuated with familiarity
wilder than one would imagine

benefit me lovely
stories that can be gifts
black angels swim shadowing each other
treading water and taking in too much salt
buying almonds grapes and honey for
the light that always opens in the kitchen window
small gold fishes made from stiff jelly

benefit me lovely
waterfalls and thin yellow cloaks
bring some life to the room
even turtles turn their tiny heads for a peek

benefit me lovely
I pour over and over until i leave no spot untouched
let me in, I want to be seen
I release the breath I didn't know I was holding.

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

at the hand of an almighty memory


a nightingale sits preening it's breast and wings 
at the hand of an almighty memory
next to an alabaster lizard, tiny and still, tripping quickly to motion 
at the hand of an almighty memory
for long lost living roots that awaken in my head 
at the hand of an almighty memory
gunna get me a little oblivion 
at the hand of an almighty memory
and she could see all those angels 
at the hand of an almighty memory
setting with the end of the day, twilight and fireflies
at the hand of an almighty memory
Tales of manners at afternoon tea
at the hand of an almighty memory
clearing an avoidance of thrushes and wrens circling like swallows 
at the hand of an almighty memory
darting and arching their shadows, stitching the horizon with the stars that start the night
at the hand of an almighty memory