Until the rains came
I was lying awake on your floor
wishing you ill
Hoping you would burn in hell
this Guy Fawkes night
for all the emails you flung at me
rubbing my battered face in my misery
with your newfound love
Sleepless
Upsetting apple carts
so carefully stacked
with every innocent fruit, good from the start
not a bad one among them
Now, strewn and bruised [...]
Yes, but, maybe, she’s a two-house, two-man or more woman?
Yes, but…
To her, It’s never enough
“Let it be wonderful” she said “to shine as brightly as it can”
not all blisters and pain
there can still be a gentle
slow
coloration
like the flush of red wine
or the blushing of a love-struck cheek
Let it be new
Falling
in love
without asking questions
or checking that you’re right
or wrong
Allowing it to slow and quicken
without holding the reigns’ rough leather [...]
Now, the sun wears his heart
on hundreds of bright tongued sleeves
“You think you’ve had desires? - Take a look mine”
These are eternal
they burn through space
piercing clouds
scorching anything your infant earth throws
up and out of its air conditioned cot
“You think galaxies stop forming just because you have a broken heart?”
I am the sun
and I will never [...]
Look up at the black
sky
rain falls like stars
crashing straight into wide open eyes
sci-fi warp speed movie credits
bouncing off my cheeks and splashing into the hot pools around us
couples canoodle and kids dive bomb into cooler containers
back-lit rain melds with steam
to furnish this heated hyper-sensory stage set
all naked flesh and liquids
something gets thrown out of a [...]