memory of flame ~

07 Wednesday Feb 2024

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he said
the wait is over
not quite
tho still the same
as once you loved
i held you
the memory of flame
before there was
this wonder
this moment to discern
miles between
the getting back –
a destiny
returned

she said
i’ll leave the candle
regardless of the time
nights
where fell a star
we wished upon
i’ll keep the coffee
warmer
for the time it takes
to dream
i’ll wait
whatever fate
is come
for me

he said
i’ll be the river
and you
my favored stones
let me roll
beneath the heavens
to sleep
beside your soul

she said
i’ll be the sunrise
if you hold up the night
when breakfast comes
i reach
for you to find –
the way
that was beginning
years
before i knew

he said
i’ll wait all morning –
to wait the night
for you

. . .

was the moon ~

05 Monday Feb 2024

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we spoke in whispers
worried not
for days before
and wasted
i couldn’t say your name
without remembrance
of goodbyes we never had
never knew
this much was fated
a fragile happenstance
of sky
where skies
are planted
bested by the truth
i listened to the music
was your breath
within my own
lights to twinkle
just beneath a shadow
was the moon you loved
o how we loved
let the heavens
intercede
i will hold you
for a moment –
a lifetime next to me
never thought to be
forgotten
less
than what we know
wing’ed trails
across a fading light
memories of touch –
naked
against the pines

. .

denied of blue ~

31 Wednesday Jan 2024

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of living
i’ve decided
to save the best for this
my only ever once
forever time
– one kiss
ages past
were i to feel
an ache denied of blue
how is it now
i know
what these arms
were fated to
there are no words
no sordid rhymes
no wish
denied a star
time and places
someone wrote my name
was for this moment
lifetimes passed
tho i cannot recall
where time is gone –
there is no ache
at all

. . .

silences i traded (let me in) ~

23 Tuesday Jan 2024

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of silences
i traded –
(let me in)
crimson places
fallen
i recall
days beyond what mattered
before i knew to know
the echo of my
voice
upon the snow
of breath
i still remember
(let me in)
memories forsaken now
as whispers
to the wind
of names
and places
someone may have tethered
to my heart
seems now the page
is empty
save for this –
(let me in)

. . .

forgotten how to feel ~

13 Saturday Jan 2024

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sometimes
words elude me
there’s bitter
on my tongue
for days
sometimes nights
i can’t explain
the way it is
ways i’ve forgotten
how to feel
tho lately you are near
and i can dream
of pages
where the pages end
lines to circumvent
ages
where my memory remains
folded into blankets
high upon a shelf
where once you were –
and i was yours
this way

. . .

while the stars are still new ~

08 Monday Jan 2024

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i shall wait
wherever heavens
are traded
another good morning
a sweeter sunrise
i shall gather
whatever days i have left
and steal
to shadows
let loose
by the night
i shall sit in the quiet
of every
forever
wake while
the stars are still new
i shall swear
my allegiance
to places we loved
ten million canyons
devoted
to you
i shall make
of this prayer
some other remains
recalled to wherever
heaven
exists
silence made heavy
by words
i recall
as the breath
of my name
given back
by your kiss

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