i did not seek you
nor you me
what was found
can only be found by the lost
steady my gaze
so that i may hear
open my ears
so that i may see
you climbed into my rib
before i could name you
i flint
you warm strike of steel
taste of soil
breath of pine
take me with you
so that we curl
together in the wind
let your breath enter mine
teach me how to pray
without a word
my hands remember
what my mind cannot
take me under
drown me in your splendor
bury your heartbeat within mine
sink your warmth into my marrow
let me hold it there
scatter me to root and wind
then gather me again
this is the only sanctuary
it is here
my soul can still
we cut each other open
to be whole
to begin
to end
speaking such truths
can only amount to a lie
no word could ever contain
nor could reason survive
you opened my eyes
to blind me
spoke
so i could be deafened
held my hand
that i could go dull
appeared
so i could vanish
coiled through the center of me
until i bled light
truth spilled from your mouth
like honey
fermenting in the dark
i swallowed it whole
hold now this music
i cannot bear to hear more
i am emptied
but not hollow
full of you
my body now a temple
so overflowing
even the gods drown
and dissolve inside
damp soil against knees
leaves matted in tangled hair
we never leave
we do not rise
we bloom
this is not something
that can be unseen
it is all that is
we forever remain
two stars in the sky
orbiting a single warm breath
what then should i call such a breath
love
awen
heaven
no
silence is our only servant now
be still
breathe me in
so that I may perish again
and again
and again
< The Loom
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