weathering

when the earth shatters beneath us and we are broken open
picked apart by the silence
let me tell you
you are unrehearsed laughter sleeping between the murmur of my lips
an unconscious love
a man dipped in midnight lightening
i will fix my body for you
and fold in the bend of your arms a tortured jewel
you are a freedom song
humming in the shadow of my soul a healing heartache
that kisses wounds and sets free tornadoes on my spine
such a crippling tongue
my spirit is dancing in the gospel of your chest
and i have found music
glowing in the whirlwind of your eyes
may we create new skies to fall apart under together
the sun bent its head on my skin this morning
and i could hear the bones of butterflies creaking in the breeze
the breath of birds heaving into the heart of my ears
my eyes
whistled open
the air still smelling of lavender smoke and wet leaves
i turn to you
staring the lids of your jarred pupils
your face
your face is a naked desert at dawn
an ancient heaven at horizon
your mouth slightly caved open like an owling cow
i smile
blooming
because somewhere before i remember this
i remember this silence
you sound of a starving angel when you sleep
you snore like a wailing forest my love
i think of you like a waking dream
of your spine's grip melted into the sand dunes of my palms last night
last night
your hands sprinkled across my flesh like rainstorms
and i can feel the sun this morning
he is strong and gleaming
your eyelashes splinter from the blow of my lips
rise
and shine