the floor
is not as
steady
as it used to be

When you love someone
optimism
spurs incentive
gives you reason
to overlook
the red flags
hanging about their castle
no matter how
sporadically
they flow in the wind

The doves, the doves
they fall from the heavens
for you, love

The doves, the doves
at your feet
they bow and kiss
your sores
heal your wounds

The doves, the doves
in your locks of brown and bark
they tangle
bring flowers for you
sprinkle their petals into your strands

The doves, the doves
they breathe your scent
lavender incense,
the first snow of winter,
trees and moss

The doves, the doves
lost in your eyes,
agleam, a striking color
mimicking the forests,  
soft,
kind

The doves, the doves
they melt
at the chime of your voice
you laugh
you sing
like jingling bells
riding the winds

The doves, the doves
they worship your compassion,
the way you stroke their necks
and kiss their beaks
with such ginger touches,
absolutely mesmerizing,
ruffling their feathers

The doves, the doves
will follow you
until their wings
no longer sprout feathers
they will raise generations
to fill their spaces
to continue their love
for as long as you live
they will love you
your children
and your children’s children

The doves, the doves
will cry tears
of sunflowers
when you pass
and will scorn the Gods
when they take you
from them.

waiting for a
real voice

but when i
did not respond
for a mere second

they hung up on me

I wish
I was good enough
for myself

Sorry
I can't cry
unless
there's music playing
that will
make me reach inside myself
dig out the cluster ****
of suppressed nonsense
and spill it out

I opened the bottom drawer
of her bedside table
to look for a lense cleaner
when I found
she had taped
the poems I ripped
back together