found beauty laid out
in a meadow,

couldn’t tell where
hair stopped

and grass began
to grow,

then found my place
beside you,

to see what seeds
may sow.

arrows all around
the target,

not a single
hit,

either archer’s out
of practice..

or target won’t
permit.

in the moment,
dreams
feel

smothered by
weight
of

a breathless
dawn,

any instant,
sky may cast light back

in reminder hope’s
not gone.

street with no
sign

suits my steering
wheel fine,

until stranded
somewhere
new,

no landmark, map
and barely
a clue,

turn ’round and
head back

or drive on
thru?

it’s
not over-

so why do eyes
clench

to seal the
leak?

how have we lost
the want to
speak?

a yearning to open
to the world,

while lodged in
throat’s
an..

unpolished
pearl.

lay here for a
moment,

i won’t touch
you,

no need
to,

everything’s been
shared in a
look..

thru one another’s
open book.