let evening settle
let it fall around
your shoulders
let the gentle hands
of the day give way
and the shadow of
night tuck you in
let your worries
flutter into the dark
the burdens you
have carried today
undress them from
your body and close
your eyes to them all
let this moment at
the edge of wake
and the edge of sleep
hold you in its arms
and simply carry you
into your flight of rest
the lovers, the twins
as May passes through
the blue moon situated
in arching Sagittarius
into a new June
a new bloom when
iris and peonies
give way to lilies
a jump through the hoop
a passing through portal
where small gentle ways
start the momentum
to growing ravenous waves
and lovers pass the torch
to the chariot and Helios glory
breakfast eaten
and all that remains
an abstract painting
of drifting clouds
or raging ocean waves
the remnants of white
yogurt leaves on the
blue plastic compartment
in the lunch box
a friend gifted to you
because you had asked
for a bento box
for your birthday one year
yet the words on top
are reassuring:
Dream big!
seeking sleep
in the shining rays
a lullaby sings
in the sunny days
its notes they
fly about to and fro
collecting on
the power line scale
the breeze pulls
maple hands in the sky
reaching out
for solar solace
the chariot
drives on in the fire
as dreams rise
in Summer's warm desire
I'm not reaching
for the stars
I know their story
in all its glory
resides here
within
I know that when
something shifts
in me
it shifts in you
our footsteps
are at one with
the mirror we
dance upon
an eight legged
arachnid can't
keep up with us
and it's enough
to know we
have already won
to feast in revelry
to have drunk and ate
our fill of each other
only to find there's
never enough
