When we found our place

We were cracked and crested

Fallen into days that did not exist

Beyond clueless obligations shifting

Cold bones wrapped in paper skin

Trailing behind a cranking chain

Who gave no bushel in return

For the forage of spirit in its path

But Honey, don't you remember?

There was no sifting once our light shone

The rocks overturned were left lying

And there we stood to see ourselves

See, we did, with no watching

A diving in, we swam our fits down that 

Raging river, supine but standing

Serpentine bends through boulders atop boulders

But we kept our heads from drowning

My Love, and we landed

Feet wet and dripping

Face to face in the palm of its hand

And we melded into bronze bones

Sewn nose to toes, hips to lashes

We exchanged our rhythms

Only to find they were always one in the same

I made you mine, and you placed me

Engraved into your chest to wear

I weaved you into my tattered everything

And you stripped yourself bare

Agape, you capped me and spared what 

Would have become ash without you

And I left myself raw and pouring

For your fingers to tread with their medicine

Darlin', I promise I have tried

To whisper with gold dust and rubies

My flame into your ear

To always fill you with honey and pearls

We were born for this, I know you remember

As one and as embers pried to pieces

And we have gathered our own pebbles

Along a trench in shades of gray

But now here, we have our table

And I will forever lie in my open skin for you

While you hold me in your pocket

So that we never break again

And I will run my fingers through your hair

On every hand of every hour

To teach you what you never

Knew you were

One day, honey, we will die on this soil 

And we will leave our place for another 

A return to that reverie of our ember

Where we were born

But until then I will tell you 

Each second of each mottled day

So in no place here will you ever forget

I love you

Whistling wind

pushes me

in

the door

Cinnamon scent

trembles on

a candle

flame

Tingling fingers

hover above

the dancing

light

The scent of Hope

captures this wick

inside...flickers

to life

Cold wax softens

beneath the light

Of a

Candle

Hovering in

dancing light is

the scent

Of life

of course

i still believe

in magic

i am a child

making wishes

on the spell

of your kiss,

quietly dreaming

of the stars

on your skin

and hoping

the lights

in your eyes

guide me home.

I'm pouring tears like kerosene

That leave us both saturated.

I moved mountains for this love

But you saw only flitting infatuation.

You're pouring your apologies

For wounds you cannot patch.

Bite your tongue and hold your breath

As I strike a match.

And ignite this raging inferno boiling over inside.

Neither one of us is making it out of this tragedy alive.

When she falls apart,

he doesn't try

to put her back together

He patiently sits

and hands her the pieces

until she feels whole again

Shifting shapes and shapes that shift

Like fluttering drapes and snows that drift

Wisp under the door and over thou head

Staying no more than just under the bed

Tickle thou nose and squeeze thou throat 

Quietly pose as thee wheez and choke

Thee shall flail and gag and claw and weep

Unfurl mine flag; commend thee to the deep

"Smoke gets in your eyes" the song sings so sweetly 

 Against all tries and cries I'll envelope thee completely 

When the butterflies laid to rest

and her heart beat slowly

When the lines on his face showed most

and his smile showed least

When the newness of love

turned to the norm

When shying away from the world

became answering emails and phone calls

When the everyday

crept into their fairytale

It was then, she was beyond certain he was the one

It was then that she found true peace

And it was then that she loved him most