clouds burst
heavy dew
wetness
on my lips

liquid sunshine
fall mist
condensation
on my chest

HS

i can taste 

the moon

cold crater 

of you



HS

At dusk I can see myself alive
In your pupils
Floating inside the blue bands
The little piece of sky you keep hidden
As I take in your skin...your neck
Smells like the moisture on a dirt floor
After you carry the embers of this city
Under my covers
I unravel into a a million honest pieces
Watching you come towards me
because your nights climb my spine
and this bed is too big
For the rope that we wind

HS

with my head in the ground

i listen to the

movement; the dark 

i need my conscious

to feel the way you lie  

beside me 

recessed by waves

(grey)

bound by glass 

(stone)

dignity  

i am the sea

capable of leaving

and instead choosing 

to be 

our breath of a gem

unmentionable

sweetened 

delicacy

closely 

i mind you

in the obscurity of protection 

i see the lover on your knees

i see the nectar hidden in your cheeks

i see the placement of your eyelids

that keep me safely

in positions reach  

arched 

hold me 

in the sky

heavens made of reason

undeniable

your aim  

   elegance is in the weak   

*  

your footing

captured 

my eyes

intwined

the tie between us

entangled

fastened to the other 

under obligation

of nothing

neither of us

resolve 

take

another

look

  

this will 

not become

until

you and me

catch each other

come further near

place yourself

within 

my nature 

*

HS 

i have learned to piece debris from whatever washes ashore to build driftwood and rocks into intricate gardens there are times i cry and sink roots although keeping my eyes close i am pragmatic and adept sacrificing that which rubs to snip away at these tangled love knots where new growth can flourish stretching from old scars i am surprised by the volunteer who suddenly appeared disrupting my orderly planting bed blooming his heart out

HS

when you look at me

stars erupt 

wind blown

a kingdom is built

larks frame 

mountains sway

shiver

tremor

stagger

heart batter

 be still. be calm.


HS