not unfamiliar ties

dearest,

look how love grows
like weed it spreads
without need

it sprouts in neglect
trusts inadequacies

every source
is contaminated with its whiff
it stinks

like stain
it sticks
remains


cause love is the only song the universe will sing, you know.


and the story you tell me is that
god is your friend

you pour your god words on me like water
mine i store like pebbles in the mouth
i will forever fumble

fail
to
feel

mouthful
and mute

you pour

and tender petals float along currents of a river
that slowly dissolve soundless stones.


you breathe

i melt into life.


love is your world
death is your cloak
you bow in prayer, that is your style

i will climb onto your lap
and play party to these rhymes
i will sail on your word
i will drown for a while
i will hold your hand
so we can dance to his song, once more.


i may have known you a long time, you know.