captured here in this moment of anticipation

an image burning all the hot dark recesses of my mind

music swells and breaks in the dark

the soft slow meeting of fingertips tracing out our hellos

need held off for a moment. a breath

time stretches out before us. behind us

around us

waiting

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Tonight smoke hung in the air, pale and ominous. I searched every corner of my small bit of space for the source. It wasn't there, good, my children are safe then. still I wish i knew where that fire was. keep away.... keep away. I'm afraid now. I wonder if I will always be afraid ( Read more... )

23 million reasons why this moment exists seperately from all  the rest. Your dreams have always known me, you run your fingers along my spine as a reminder to your self of all the things you swore you wouldn't do this time. Visceral quest love. Dreams that dream again. I tried to warn you love. tried to draw lines and limits along our dreaming.  ( Read more... )

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poetry scrawled around your eyes
scratched out in charcoal and insistence
quick quick before the queen dies
before the dream dies
before your cold death lies fill the space between us
words and worlds learn your crying

put your hand right here
feel me.
can you taste it?
the scent of a universe of desperate pleading
I need you to hear me
why are you crying?
I haven't even started praying
why would you need this?
splay legged and needy eyed
exploding hearts and stars
whispered dreams
finished

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