sight

overfull
of everyone
except me
ghosts and visions
fill my sight
obscure reality

down again
to the touchstone
gate-keepers
and alchemy

mirrors and demons
razor blade kaleidoscope
weavers and web
a radiant cacophany

14:09:18 back to sleep

I'm susceptible to form,
to the grace of you
but have no art of my own
to do you justice,

I don't
have enough
       courage
       faith
       reserves

to love again
this closely
all the way home.

09:09:18

we two survivors
negotiating to lay
down our parents arms

moments

why do I want to make this love
a song
is it a dirge or invocation?
why do I want to
dance with you
is it a test or a vow

only the moon
only the sun
will remain
will remain

once youve learned
how love leaves
its hard to trust again
its hard to trust again

its hard to breathe
hard to see
over the anxiety
that seethes
whats shadow and whats pain
what will be in vain

only moon
only sun
will remain
will remain

and some refrain
love lines caught in a song
longing for you again

only the moon
only the sun
will remain
will remain

once youve learned
how love leaves
its hard to trust again
its hard to trust again
once you've learned
love's hard to please
its hard to trust again

only moon
only sun
will remain
will remain

and some refrain
lines caught in a song
longing for you again
again
again

belonging

after a death
there is the life that follows
after loss
emptiness
valleys and mountains
holding hands
over the round earth
together
touching the sky
held from heaven
and lovingly anchored by the heart

one thing becoming the other
inexorably
at one

offering

the old is gone
not buried like a death
in dark soil
marked and revisited
but evaporated
burned by solar truths
into nothingness
release
from peril, fear, confusion
echoes
that try to grasp
but are shadows only

still
spring is coming
chaos like an unfurling
bringing with it life
thick with rich loam
that clings to the green shoots
urgent
dank
messengers from the underworld
the unbound energy
fuel
catalyst to spark

at the altar
rooted in mystery and light
the alchemy is steadily
holding the shaping
equilibrium dancing eternal unity

worshipper

there again,
headlong into someone's arms
because
they feel
good
in a unique way
because
the music of the heart is calling
me closer
because their mystery caught my eye
like a candle-flicker on a shrine

while I can still feel
the imprint of my love's mouth and eyes and hair touching me
and my heart is yearning for her
exact shape and scent

now I'm here and there
mourning and celebrating
equinox and solstice
overlap

aphrodite and hekate
make shadows and light
threshold and crossroads
together

purposeful

this epiphany of life
tumbling rocks on the floor of the fast moving river
relentlessly being turned over
becoming smooth
sand
light enough
to flow
into the home of the ocean one day