accendo cendere cendi censum

Crawling from the hollow
      below sternum
my heart creeps out to
weather alone
unseen against the backdrop of dark forgiveness
coyotes circle
enchanted by the odor of licorice & gravity
circling
circling
heart
       drops
to right hip
carried there by the remembrance of feathers, flight
      and
          disregard
pinching cinching between
green glass panes
and
the thorns of winter's if 
slowly slowly
dripping into the marrow of a raven's thigh
heavy the sharpness
throbbing the spell
coyotes circle
circling
heartbone
brambled
to
allow
the
burn