treeline

my home
my cave
my heart

sings in your mind's eye
you wait
want
sit still
and remember
the warmth shared
loved
lost

the pin drops
and peace falls upon me.

i breathe again
smiling
i fall forward

the clouds
so soft on my skin
keep me dreaming

peace comes

heart full
of self
i expand
remember

bitter sweetness

i lost sleep
i lost tears

once before in question
twice before in doubt

forgiven
forgotten
dreams
i remember you once again
hidden

falling jumping
backwards
on words
they break

like walks into the ocean
they crash

once before in question
twice before in doubt

i heard
dreamt it true

found you in
trembling lake

as i swam
into the still
ocean

some tears
never
change.

and the salt will always burn.

Undone

time unfolded
your crevices
expanded

exposed wide
you fell within
deep
below
deep into
untruths

hard ground
landed
the surface cracked
again
again
again

broken distance vast
where stale air is hard to swallow
she died
fell asleep to an endless dream and
lost you

undo
the undone

and so

he gave to give
saw to see
failed to fail
only to prove himself true

bless you

hate weighs alot

float

i
see
give
true

blessed
free

and so
on

tick

tick
tick
tick
tock
a blink ended
clarity began as i remembered.

shake
break
shatter, the sound
crisp wakes.
I hear.
I see.

turbulence clears

it shakes

the wind breaks
beneath my feet

a lump
a weight
flashes forward

i see your face
feel you

planted firm

strong
safe
place

me in yours
keep me real

our lines
do and you
bring me back

turbulence
clears

lungs half full

words
take

give
silence

golden everytime
i give

smoldering

he was
smitten

the bite to my hand

hurt
burned
straight
through flesh
cast in bone

the smell
the smell

air
lungs
full

i rise
escape
released

be
come

the way you found me
returned

be
came

yours
erased