I am
the ribbon of nylon
between your back teeth,
a clean
mint rule.
The definite light bouncing off of the countertop:
the sutures between the animal skull.
I will bend into the shape of a torus:
all metal linked through holes
chaining you to the base of
a tree
in front of the house I have built deep
within the marrow:
red blood cells white blood cells
and me.
You stand before me tall and naked,
I am the foothold of the mountain
wondering where all of your round curves
have gone?
I cannot find the words
while I am on top of you making love kissing the
depressions in your cheeks.
I did not look after you for long:
your feet merely skimming the water basin
while the water started losing its warmth.
I am kneeling on the brick bottom
I am the plate
as it melts back down
into the earth’s sweet body,
I am the heat of the core
as it rises back to the surface.
I looked for you everywhere I
LOOKED EVERYWHERE I held my breath
as I put my head under the strong ocean current
I sobbed violently in the dark alone
with you asleep lazily in my bed
I escaped the marrow
and became terrified
of the dark ocean
and the calm sea.