it’s friendships like
keepsakes
stashed in boxes
in drawers
that i should
visit more.
rhyme
rainbow on a stone
backdrop
i see cracks in
clouds
midst breaks in
speech
and pretend
i spot
where eyes can’t
reach.
it honors the sea
to let her
speak–
your secret’s safe
with me.
the threat of pests
in my place
of peace
chafes the skin and
all beneath
and scratching
offers no
relief.
holding space for
past disgraces
in hands of crystal
pressed to
face
to profess
truths
that return
hurt
to place
of rest
as toes touch
earth.
time sits
thick
like the smell
of fish
in the back of
my throat
on a broken down
vacation
boat
aimed at open
sea.
feasting upon
flame
to feel desire’s
taste
upon tongues that
yearns to feel
it burn
as ashes
frost the face.
swanlike
but self-conscious
rippling just above
fresh sheets,
she drops below
the surface
in pursuit of
privacy.
as solid as air in
my throat
like
you spoke
of such dreamscapes
since fallen by
waysides
in landslides we scrape
for earth’s
surface
to find nothing above us
but time.
you flowered in pinks
and yellows
and as the sky worshiped you
with sun-dance
eyes
i watched you bend to no breeze
standing strong where
you grow-
a treasure that need not
be told you
are so.
hands in the garden 
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