Sunday, August 14, 2022

Oath of Blood

I love us in the dark

Of the night

In bed

In flight

Alone

Under the same stars

Healing our scars

Tossing sheets

In our love jail

 

Locked in bars

Of arms

& legs

Your hair hangs on

By threads

Dogs and legs

& the smell of your neck

As we roll over

 

Tossing blankets

The heat caresses

As you smear into me

I feel 

In space

My fingers in yours

We fit

In this place

I feel so safe

With you

Finally

A place

We can be ourselves

 

Who we truly

Really are

Alone in the art

At home in our dark

Reaching into each other

Floating through time

Space intertwined

Into your arms

Getting lost further

Into you

 

Further into me

Don’t need the map 

Anymore

To find the way home

My childhood

In your sighs

In your freckles 

On your thighs

Riding bikes

Skipping creeks

Through these suburban streets

Racing you to the pond

Church bells and psalms

Leaning towards you

With this spit in our palms