The wind breathes the scent of sea blowing through chocolate hair length draping over straight shoulders falling to my waist salt and sand coat wispy strands forming upside down commas dancing along a line cursive flags on sheet music beat by beat, steady
my gaze sits on the descending sun as the sky moves gradient melting golden pinks, fiery orange, and sweet smoky lilac the warmth of the sun seeps into skin, kissing my forehead, then my eyelids, tip of nose, symmetrical cheekbone pads, brushing quietly against lips sealed for too long to cup my jaw covered in golden skin rolling down throat, staying on collar bones glowing
releasing the long breath here
to wander the corridors of memories touching doors, burnt frames with only the hinges intact pain cascading through my body as I pass heaving, retching, mighty, storm waves slam against boulders spraying the shoreline
most come for the light drizzle but you...
dimly lit bookshelves line walls leather couch worn in I smile at all the nights we’ve known each other without touch or sound as the world slept
a light grew, slow and steady you never forget your first
even as the earth shook, violent stars fall from the sky rage held in roaring comets barreling into packed soil chest bursting in true red I collapse
still, finding your hand
as the years pass brown eyes form blue grey rings on milky irises head of snow hands aching from worn tendons and our home faded
Layered Fragments, Becoming Whole 