April Moon

Milk-washed moon,

it wanes for you,

smiles, only because you do.

& with every turn,

the world burns

with a fire, for your glory.

This Earth was made for you.

Become, my love,

my child,

this

is your story.

Old Growth

When was it

that

we all became this?

Distant, old version

of ourselves.

Don't you remember?

Saying you'd be better.

Fixed on a daydream;

Tidal waves of world change.

Gone,

somehow,

now,

the gold dust in our eyes...

When was it

that

we all became this?

Relic

What am I?

Love?

Deceit?

Evil?

Where was I dropped?

How did I fall so far?

When I want to be like them - 

When my face flows like a river. 

Who was I ever?

Other than this soft gingerbread

of someone

you constantly ask to remember.

Jade Tattoo

Never do I look at my arms

and see a cleanliness.

Never do I see a sea of skin.

I look upon my flesh and find

carvings.

of once was

of wish-they-were;

A ladybug for my grandmother, who called me Millie.

A wolf for my father, who taught me what strength was

inside and out.

For my friends, matching memories of our love, our youth.

& all others, that hold an ounce of your face,

your meaning..

When I look upon my skin, I don't see my own flesh,

I see you - I see a lifetime.

It Takes Two

 There is no story

of you and I.

Just an introduction

& long goodbye.

You can build your walls,

& I will cry,

But as you lay grout,

I will continue with life.

May turn my head

to see you smile,

but keep a distance

as you lay tile.

Empty gestures

lie across your bust;

For in your true heart,

you will never trust.

Believe me,

I can lead a horse to water,

show him to drink,

that we should trust one another,

But if he turn head,

close an eye,

the stream we drink

is sure to dry.