a painting

they see us as a painting
i’m the sea and you’re the sky
only meeting on some distant horizon

but we know the truth
every part of your sky
touches every part of my sea

reconstruction

the ocean is above
falling slowly to the earth
you are miles away
drifting on without me

i walk the narrows
balance lightly in the shallow
autumn that remains
damp, the forest floor

if we allow
the deconstruction of us
it is clear
the reconstruction is trust

pain is part of our process
and patience

i will wait

ask the world to please cover her eyes
plead for just one short moment
until the ocean is back below
and the light rises high
expand the horizon
reverse the drift
blur the edge
a restart
mark
set
go

lash to lash

bury me in the sky
high above the earth
into the atmosphere

roll me in the clouds
near the sun
without caution

i will melt
i will boil
but i will not feel the pain

scoop out my heart
and see for yourself
how it thrums
with your touch

i can taste how close
your face is to mine
lash to lash
i have not eaten
but i am full from your kiss

a fresh view

these days i’ve become lighter
by shedding bits of doubt
and giving you my trust

or maybe it’s all balanced
as you do the same?

i can feel you next to me
more than just a presence
the one who stops her work
to listen
when that’s what i need
even if i don’t know it

you and i are rivers
rolling to the ocean
meeting in the depths
bringing who we are
leaving what we’re not
we are a new body
with an old mind
a fresh view
from tired eyes

and the swirling fears move slow
embers rising in the night
but we’ll find our footing
in their fading light

we are swans

there is never a time
i’m not thinking of you

i can’t tell if that’s how it should be?
if i should instead be cleaning my house
or unpacking my boxes
or tending my yard

but i suppose it doesn’t really matter
because you’re there
in my mind
each moment of each day
of each week
and each month

we are swans
gliding softly
on the surface
of this love
managing the balance
needed to keep the water still
yet strong

gray sky

the gray sky
can’t hide who we are to each other
burn away my clouds, baby
and i’ll warm you with my morning light