I only wanted to dip the surface,

But this black cosmos swallowed me whole.

Sometimes, I sense

Silver stars burn

Against me,

And I taste

The saltiness of their

Shooting rays -

A lingering bitterness

That sweeps the air

In arches and creases.

But,

I never see

You again.

When I look up at

Just the right moment,

I catch a glimpse of blue.

Slippery honey

Eludes my dexterity.

Black glimmering mirrors

Promise lies,

Yet I keep looking.

Legs scramble

To move me forward,

Silver blurs spin

In reverse.

Listen, I’ve lost

Track of time

And place

And the tingle

In my fingers and toes.

But,

I am reminded of

You.

Here,

My home brings me

To memories,

Each one

A black vase,

So precious and full of

Ghosts

Slipping smoke

Into the

Abyss that

Took me.

I try not to think too hard,

But how can I not?

Darling, there are

No rainbows etched into

The free air,

Nor silver lens

To capture their haunting

masks.

Gravity drips down

On my face,

Tearing away

Youth and soul.

But,

They will never touch my

Mind,

I’m always thinking of

You.

Did I ever

Tell you

My secret?

I’ve screamed it

A thousand times

To that blue glimpse,

But it comes back to me,

A manipulation in ruined waves.

So, I whisper it

Into my cupped hands,

Taut with superstition,

Sealed from mocking echoes.

I whisper it

Over and over again

Until soft ripples mark flesh

And words melt into slurs.

I wish I could

Have told you

During the time that we had -

My love.

But,

In the infinite

Walls around me,

I feel

You.

Curiosity: my blessing

And my curse.

It was a simple desire

To explore beyond the tip

Of our human hold,

And touch that

Rare, black velvet.

Perhaps, it was my drive

That consumed me

And spat me at the feet of

This empty, pressing existence.

A thief of my pureness,

I’m drowning

In liquid,

Inside out.

Still, Debussy rocks me

To shores of sanity,

A mystical lullaby

Whisking me into a

Shallow reverie.

Still, I lunge for the

Flashes of silver

And hollow reflections,

Burning holes in my throat

When I get too close.

But,

Even as the shadows envelop me,

I long for

You.

I only wanted to dip the surface,

But this black cosmos swallowed me whole.

Sometimes, I sense

Silver stars burn

Against me,

And I taste

The saltiness of their

Shooting rays -

A lingering bitterness

That sweeps the air

In arches and creases.

I never will see

You again,

Won’t I?

Please don’t cry, dear,

For even in the

Blackest

Of

Nights,

You are here,

Silver Linings

In the twinkling stars

And in my beating heart,

Forever.