looking through a window
by kairo
Posted to Action Poetry on 2001-08-30 17:52:00
deep shiny grape seconds hang high in the bowl of stars tonight
while you are far away
mourning, grieving, praying,
being.
i apologize for thinking of you constantly
in red hue girl way while sun sets in this too near sky.
i deem you perfect at this exact number seven hour.
i close my eyes and hear you smile this soft yellow grin,
feel your voice taut plum purple in my heart,
see your name tattooed black on my brain of fleshy pink,
dig deep into the you in a part of me untouched.
everything softens at this time of dusk
wherein i think of nothing but your ice cream skin,
your eyes of chlorine pools
your lips of smacking daquiri rim salt.
i adore you from this far away,
increasing hours between us as i write.
there are caterpillar moments of fuzzy distortion
wherein i want to allow you to disappear,
morph into something unrecognizable so i will be waves moving in wake behind you.
it is now impossible.
i have allowed you to become overgrown in this wicked weed garden of brown and grey that i claim as my own,
foolishly accepting you as a green lush transplant.
and where are you now?
i fear you will be diamond for my quarter pendant chain,
i fear i will leave green rings of tarnish on your fingers,
i fear we will be dazzling beauty of amazing sunsets seen only by newborn eyes.
my god,
you,
i adore you.
thirty days are oncoming in which i hope to feel you
sleeping
in space reserved for your royalty next to me.
i know i’ve requested in golden engraved paper schemes,
forget me…forget me…
don’t listen very closely during any protest
because i am velvet wrapped waiting for you
while these hours
and thoughts
pile hard onto my bruising skin
pinching me in reminder
of you and you and you.