
this barbed wire earth
that claimed my
sanguine heart
and married tears
to concrete
grow the most
beautiful
flowers
how desolate
the frayed landscapes
of wounds
that adorn
flesh in ochre, crimson
blushed, bitten
a fleeting confection
A ghost dressed is stars
and spines
splayed in reverence
trailed snakeskin
in the garden, an altar
this barbed wire earth
that claimed my
sanguine heart
and married tears
to concrete
grow the most
beautiful
flowers
how desolate
the frayed landscapes
of wounds
that adorn
flesh in ochre, crimson
blushed, bitten
a fleeting confection
A ghost dressed is stars
and spines
splayed in reverence
trailed snakeskin
in the garden, an altar
Autumn
I miss you like Autumn;
sepia-stained
bedsheets that
carried us into
purgatory
upon wretched sea
That look
in your eyes
reaching out
to touch me
Me, once a stranger
to those eyes
whose lips
remind me
of the stranger in mine
I yearn to feel
your fingers
take root
inside me
seeking nourishment
sowing the seeds
of rapture
at season's end
Pomegranate
Oh bloody one
aching heart
of humankind
deep crimson
and sorrowful
jewels that crown
darkness, an empress
fertile is the night
that bears witness
to the holy touch
of ancient love
forbidden love
her tender touch
that bleeds
and bites
and caresses
deep, red rivers
that flood
from veins
down her legs
from your lips
a blessed stain