equal and opposite...

Look at me with your eyes
like reefs of coral; blue deep
and smile.
When I say I love you,
you can't help
but move
like electricity pulsing through you.
Kiss the small of my back.
Your face feels rough
like pine needles; I want to touch.
Feel me whisper in your ear.
I send a shiver through you
like cold heat; you gasp.
I take you in with a breath
and it feels
like we are whole.
Every sigh I live for.
I see you adore me
like trees love the breeze.
You move me.

Seeds of Silence

Your hush falls bitter cold as snow
and congregates at my feet.
They fail to fall with any truth,
You lie to me by omission.

Once our words were infinite
and poetry would rain, our flowers
our seeds of truth would grow.
How quickly seasons change.

This snow, this silent killer of love
It buries us in achrome
With each word unspoken
I die a bit more.

Erst I saw a land clear of white
Honesty warmed my core
I breathed unfogged
All lies would melt.

But, still, you do not speak
Blinded by snow I know
that in this sickening, delusive blanch
the seeds of silence here is sowed.

I May Not Remember

I may not remember your smile
how it was rare but beautiful
like the northern lights
we could see from home

I may not remember your favorite color
a dark purple, nearly black
your spirit was too bright for black
but you saw your life as dark

I may not remember the time when
You saved the fish trapped
in the creek during drought.
Who was to save you?

I may not remember the sound of your voice,
I may not remember your favorite song
I may not remember or ever know why
But I will remember your favorite flower
I laid it on your grave.
Forgive me.