.................

now
over my shoulder
days pass from light to shadow
I am letting go

fused...

torn
to feel such extremes
deep love and imminent death
I am pulled apart

weld
pieces gathered
you simmer against my lips
opened like the sky

stills...

reason
vibrating with life
images leap from your eyes
barely contained chaos

enfold
with warm lips closed
your words slide over my skin
a voice like water

reaching a balance...

impending
the sky lies heavy
clouds resting in my skull
darkness in my heart

yet...
yes, let yourself fall
hold me close and lift the sky
your presence grounds me

needed...

music
removed from the world
fixed in a wall of sound
nothing left but me

contained...

answered
fused to the ground
I feel the earths core burn through
my eyes closed

just a part...

gently destroy me
with a touch I am undone

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I started this as a haiku, but haven't found the right words to finish it.
I might just leave it as is.

today...

burn
sink into my bones
enter and purify me
laser white sunlight

hollow
slowly the day leaves
purple bruises in the sky
a deep ache inside

found...

singular
one out of thousands
I picked up this dark stone
and it spoke your name

too bright...

holding
some days will find me
asleep on the horizon
waiting for the night

my Mom

carry
your voice a mirror
if I could bear it for you...
I listen, helpless
............................
I try to share
what strength I have
it doesn't seem
enough

so hard to think
when your mind
is 2000 miles away

and then...

slowly
frozen dreams I found
from the night behind the sun
melting on my tongue

just look...

premonition
eyes slowly open
to what was there all along
worlds inside revealed

discover
with each step, forward
to face yourself without fear
come, walk beside me

this or that...

bobcat
we met eye to eye
our worlds touch for a moment
tail twitch and he's gone

.......................................
was absolutely beautiful
.......................................

not a bobcat
we met eye to eye
our worlds touch for a moment
the moment endures

stirred up...

blur
I feel like flying
my feet miles from the ground
a crease in the sky

as I...

dissolve
walking in twilight
my body fades with the light
and I fill the sky

stirring about...

limitless
endless silver blue
the sky stretches before me
boundaries dissolve
................................

Finally, I wake.

face...

now
step into today
the air clear and eyes open
greet reality

a start...

visitor
on soft quiet feet
the day enters my window
and joins me in bed
as I hold my breath
released into the morning
whispered words waiting

...

release
I opened my hand
as you slid through my fingers
and I let you go