Today I was made of gold & silver


Each hair strand was pure UV light




Gracefully sublime


A pyramid-shaped treasure implied




And it was lyrical





When I was feeling like this and like that

It had a ripple effect on my spine




My skin felt pleasantly warm

And fine




Like after bathing and dancing


In star-crossed crystal canyons






I felt small and significant

All in the same







I could walk right up to the painted sun


the peach-peach

the vellum




And I knew I could save him




With all the diamond tears

I had collected

In my apron






Believing we could both be made

Of the same wavelength




The same endearing fire






The same sovereign echo of a heart beat

Black water, still water, cold water

An Ophelia in male form


When you came that day
White as marble, but soft as snow

I think a little part of me died



I know a little piece of me broke



36 hours of waiting, watching the clock creep


Poking and prodding, my body an open map


Who would have thought that that which had nourished you would have almost been your demise?


The human body is strong, but the human body is fragile



And so we found out that day when we got to meet our Pegasus with broken wings





Our little almost-ghost

Can you recall
The death of an orchard

In times

Of vacant thought trapeze?


It’s like breathing-in
A fractured landscape




Whilst sipping tea


With the vanilla beast
Of your dreams