Saturday, September 27, 2025

PUTTING DOWN THE PUZZLE

Bodies stuck together

We tether 

Ever through

This is all still so new

That new 

That just stares 

Smiles a few seconds 

Before even speaking 

Teaching

Leaking into 

You

Splitting

Into two

Shifting

Each other

Last night drifting

Into an alter 

Dimension 

Of us

A future version

Walking home from the carnival 

With hands full of mammals 

You laughing at

The stuffed animals 

Of life bends 

The music spins

Flash of lights

From the future 

Kissing our sutures

Incredible how the blue light 

Changes your face

From woman 

From man

No need to understand 

How I feel

Alone next to you 

Your fingers 

In my beard 

Curbed lips

Covered rose hips

Sticking to you 

Like starch 

No longer interested 

In matching the colors

Putting down the puzzle 

The arch of pain 

Arms tracing these wounds

My jaw in your neckline 

Like wolves that hide  

We muzzle

Dousing the past 

Eyes stared 

We huddle

Taking baby steps

Towards wanting more 

And making sure the shoreline 

Is still there

One foot on the ground

Into the night

These waves break

At our feet

Washing us clean

Waking slowly 

Deeper into the abyss

Watching you sleep 

With no pillow  

My brunette shaded willow

Next to you

Under your branches 

Up heaving lungs 

Inch by inch

I wither

Leaving summer 

I shed

Inch by inch

I slumber 

Deeper into you