moonshadow drawing #9

Stealing beside me
an ochre whisper
defines your phantom presence
     a whisper 
classically soft
slowly
erasing all negative space
blooming into darkness 

and 
the quiet burn of a million stars

"Make a strong line--don't sketch it out--
be sure when you draw", you told me that

once.

"be sure"

drawn then--
sure

held strong
on a kiss that carries the paisley weight
&
spin of this blue rock
exquiste 

containing the 1939 World's Fair
the soundtrack to Fantasia
& maybe The Monkees

calliope hummingbirds land on our tongues
flying into our stained-glass souls
as the 2:17 rolls thru town 

a kiss 
stealing all measure of wound & rumpled sorrow
pheasant feathers & words are weaved into
patchwork succulence
skin is diffused

scarred & forgiven--effervescent almost
inconsequential to the heart of the matter

bloom

and
hold
draw sure 
&
linger into this slumbered summer ghost kiss