Your name
Your FULL name
flickering pixelated
on the computer screen

Your given blood
Your sacred spoken vein--
I whisper it in silence
And paint you into the room

You are here, not there
Golden and smiling
You taste of hard drive and wiring, but
in this moment
it is enough

--
c

--
There’s an instant when,
Recondite and foreign
The azure expanse bears its face and,
Stricken grey with glutton,
Ventures its dark reign
--
c

I heard the mountains move in your voice
And the unearthing timbre of trees
And the rippling hush of waves collapsing
And the crumbling green underfeet
—
You split the world in half
And spoke to me
And all I could do was
Fall further beneath

—
c

intimidating
shielded
shameful
anxious
deep
masked
silent
lonely
­weak--
not you--
necessary
unyielding
professional
distinguished
level
aware­
brave
unique
strong--
you--