Apple of Eden

“Your heart is a lot stronger than you think it is.
And he’s not going to break it.
And if he ever does, he’ll be breaking a piece of his along with it.
And even if your hearts in a million pieces shattered on the floor,
I’ll help you pick up every one.
And I promise i’ll stay by you
until every last piece has been glued together.”

Sinking.

Little bird perched, parched.
Phoenix broken free from cages —
catch your breath, bathe in floods of cosmos
and as you breathe reflection into life,
liquid time and space flow. they blind you
that you may reacquaint with darkness
in the light.

Broken pieces of self made whole.
Sudden epiphanies in grains of salt —
as climates change the birds move on
or stay and freeze and rot.
You know now where your compass points.
The water dares you,
won’t your wings take flight?

all the world's history gradually dying of shock.

In Memoriam

(Work in progress, dunno if I like it or will keep it.
But needed to process tonight and this is what happened. I’ve referenced some of my other poems within this one, but OH WELLL.)

Fateful first foul crack.
Your callous shoulder,
conversation colder.
Heartbreak. You loved me
only when you left.

Take another piece.
Sideways glances,
Sacred dances.
Too lost to want finding,
too wise to be your toy.

Beautiful stranger.
Ageless, skin blessed skin -
cheaters hands, Joyful sin.
My caution and my love was spent
on other’s hearts. Blame qui.

My rainbow, oh my canopy.
How could such fabergé heart
Crack and break my own apart?
Strings undone that were not sewn,
Oh ghost of Corpse that never died.

My knight
your armour foul’d to rust
and all your kisses fade to dust
crawl right back, feign ignorance
false safety, Tortured silences.

Haunted hearts,
so long ago I took back all my tears
and so instead I stand as by a pier
and Love - a lighthouse in the dark
alone as clearly meant to be.

Alone, as clearly meant for me.