IN LONGER
Fear sparks chill
my legs, body — burn
in jagged submission
aching restlessness zings
between staggered dreams
dropping perpetual
unwritten monologues clamor
in rigid cage
a path to revelatory currents
hidden beneath a thicket
tangled in magnetic conventions
twisted lightening garners in a helix
wrung like a towel, no drips succomb
the water waned, arid
barred from release
spill pain directly into
fluid concoction,
to launch light rays
against sharpening shadows
DROWNING BUTTERFLY
I am a dangerous woman
I surrender in reflex to the wondering
mindlessly suspended, my float song plays
falling purposely to resurface
Am I losing to be found?
Shifting into sightless oblivion, without compass
as a trespasser, I am called wayward
conventional conformity warps
weird beauty brazen in the black
drenches until I am pruned
subsumed secrets hide in a labyrinth of layers
gurgling settles into the spinning abyss
the paralells are like bends
heavier swallows seal the drowning
releasing the secrets across the realm
NURTURED
I have butterflies for a dragonfly
a thirsting hummingbird, i’m drawn to her nectar
luscious feels spring, ashes of reason dissipate
wistful, I’m frenzied, proximal, waiting
a catepillar lunching catalyzes heat within me
flames burn inner sense, my body peeps
love floods, wildly invasive
she is bittersweet, choking my heart
hungry, unfilled, ovenbirds call
my signal is mute, petals pale, unseen
yet her flutter lures to quince
fantastical illusions make me drunk
reaching her — chirps caution
in rough winds, fireflies huddle
skittish, holding fast, humming hope
I am eating patience until her taste shifts