Even I can’t deny it
That millions
Perhaps billions of
Years ago

Your moon tried to save
My sun
From going into a
Black hole

And you held onto me
As brave
&
Courageous
As you are now

‘I won’t let you go...’
But it was too much
Your fingertips
To hold onto

&
Millions
Perhaps billions of years ago
We said we’d meet again
Someday
Somehow
&
Our moons
&
Our suns
Exploded into a trillion
Different particles
Into space

Making their way into the waters
Into the trees
Submerged
&
Buried
For another million years

My heart recognized you
The moment I saw you
My sun knew
You were the moon
That collided
Millions
Perhaps
Billions
Of years ago
In front of that black hole
That dispersed us
To now

It’s time to make our own
Nebula

Where stars are born

I’m beginning to fall more & more
In love
With this world
Only
Because you’re in it...

Only when I’ve become destitute by my journey’s end
Desert upon my bare feet
Skin cracking
Ran out of water
Begun to drink the blood

Only when treacherous rainstorms
Have pelted my crawl through the
Night
Leaving my feathers soaked

Only when the wilderness has
Sunk it’s maze onto my soul
No way out but in madness
Curtail
Dirt under my nails
Moss across my body

Only when I’ve knelt upon
Mother Earth
In spiteful prayer
Pitiful to the last

And you are no longer a dream
But reality
But am tired from the ages
Will I ever demand
Your wind
Your touch
Your fluorescent
Luminescent
Radiant
Glorious
Words

That you can now whisper
To me
As you lie next to
I demand it

What’s funny is that when he
Held her
Truly forgot everything
Put down the embossed
Confinement of
Work
Life
Deadlines

Kissed her ear

She tasted like his first
Ice cream cone
Vanilla

The melted cream in
Summer’s heat
Sticky over his fingers

They swam in night time
Waters
Wet from themselves
Watched the moon
Come out
Of the Sea of Japan

Fought bravely in wars
They knew nothing about
Tended to each other’s wounds
Toasted with $7 wines
Goaded each other to
Jump off of
Cliffs
Balconies
The Edge of the World
&
Loved like no other

Because love never dies
Truly
It never does

My heart bleeds for you
Part anguish...
Part anticipation...
All with the recklessness
Of an 18 year old
Driving a Chevy
Down a dirt road
At midnight
With the lights off...

Bed with me oh heart
Torture me
Lacerate
Invigorate
Rejuvenate
Penetrate
Leave scars upon

And this
Taj Mahal
I am building
This armada I’m sending
This fleet of elephants
Over the Alps
I’m releasing for
You

Is but the 1st chapter
Of our love story

It’s all too much of the same
I can fix you
I can love you like no other

All ends the same
The door knocks
Quiet rapture
Knock knock knock
Upon my heart

‘Go away! There’s nothing but
‘Sadness, Emptiness, & a Fortess
‘Made of Solitude
‘On the other side of that door

But they come
Thinking that the man who
Writes such words
Must be the
Romance they envisioned
The promise that surely is
Given

It never is

knock knock knock

‘Know me forever...
‘All there is
‘Is today...
‘For tomorrow you’ll be gone

You should know that when you look up and into the heavens
Past the blue skies
That eventually
It leads to darkness
Surrounded by atmosphere
As black
As night
As it should be

Heavens
Made of darkness
Not of clouds
Shrouded in mystery

But dark

It’s hard to care about the night
When your moon is gone
I miss you
My moon
...sun

What’s so intense is that 100 years
From now
Everyone you see today
Will be dead

Hell
You might meet someone today
That’ll drive left of center
A week from now
While playing on their phone
And die in a head-on crash
Taking a number of souls
With them
...it happens

For others
It’ll take years
Hatred
Love
Reconciliation
Comebacks
Loneliness
Dying a thousand deaths
Beating pavement
Wishing
Waiting
Hoping

And in that last 5 minutes
You’ll still stare at the doorway
Wanting a miracle
That’ll never come

It’s just death knocking
At your door
And your tired
Worn out body
Will finally answer it