i linger in wistful reverie
lacquered luminary layers of mind
and to the clashing soundtrack of the sea
i contemplate
the possibility
of we
.
my gaze falls into the apocryphal azure
of our mutual sky
what if the answers are there….
on high
in the random scatter of the gulls
or in splintered fragments of shells
sifted in fingertips…
in prolonged silences
vacuum distilled defiances
in eyes dampened by distant reminiscences
of
you
.
gently rest these craven chains
on furtive marks of ferrous stains
and arching ribs are stepping stones
for fingertips
so curve the bones
conceal the gossamer undertones
..
loosely clench the cuffs of steel
bound we stifle what we feel
bound and mute, lest we reveal
the reticent ramifications
of self imposed fortifications
such redolent ramparts of stale repress
a crestfallen Delphic fortress ..
I wait, betrothed to the earth
the desolate dolomite cliffs
jagged peaks; tectonic shifts
my wedding veil…the alpine mists
.
consummate with rhythmic tide
so heedful of the hesitant bride
gentle, soon the waves subside
cleaving to the cave inside
.
decades pass, and fiery gust
shall scorch the fields to barren rust
henceforth shall I only trust
a matrimony of decay and dust
i came upon a wayward stream
and plunged therein
to choke a dream
and with intent to suffocate
and conscious self obliterate
lest ruminations fulminate
my flooded lungs did then deflate
i rise face up, in silted shade
my skin dissolves near everglade
becoming perch for dragonfly
in bloated state
my dream did die ..
