untitled poem 3

Apr 22, 2008 - 19:07 PM PST

it starts with a fire
between you and i rooms apart
flames dance and tickle the air
eyes meet across ether waves
born from and building the tainted miasma
of a kindling house
less the distance watch me burn
don’t say a word
the sentences have been written
studied by both in cooler times
the script is set to nonverbal expectancies
common knowledge but reluctant nonetheless
to find the tongue stops licks
swallow it down too late
i’m burning only to please
the invention of space between
lovers
here is my passion
here are my tears and altercations
here is your proof of heaving breasts
and wrought hands furrowed brows
knees to chest rocking back rocking forth
pendulum apologies missing
send another send another
blind wrecker latent malice burdens the
walls sway crumbling weight lost to ash
i’ve burned for the answer
left marred in the shell of a house

-smd 2008