transparent
thin & feathered in shards of sapphire
sharply observational
all that I am rests easy deep inside this cut-chasm of quartz moonlight
basking in the resin of stillness
speech is sorrow pink
extraneous
ahh --
this
oddly
sacred
night
falls
lights upon skin ice-fire melting
one cup remains
one cup to hold truth's sun
sacred parchment golden & bound with paper-dragon-chains
pause
breathe the thread of ruby-fire that binds my throat to the fist of my sex
if
I
allow
if I choose
choose the pause
choose this amber intent
the pause takes a soft turn
two steps
stop!
pause
slip inside this cashmere nectarine
where
vulnerability hides
wrapped--folded
gifted
