She said she loved my smile

She said she loved my smile

the Canadian said—

I had a beautiful smile—

she said I see you and—

you’re so gaddam bright she said—

I radiate so much dam light

—she said

Thank you for reminding me—

I am so goddam happy I am—

grateful

Happy, I am

I am happy

escorted by the night herself

we got lost

held softy by the indigo blanket

un-constricted our fingers tangled

and our hearts

they never break

look at ours and you’ll see that they are whole

just like us

we are complete

when alone

we can cheer from the sides of each others lives

safer there than on the frontline

just as the night ends

we do

as the sun rises, smile

back at the world

for it will always smile for you

Separate the entities

From the everyday mundane to the exceptional extremities

Can you make the distinction between my soul and my skin

I am seperate from this wasteland, the one I’m rotting in.

A landscape you once so delicately explored

You’ve left it torn up and viscously ignored

As fascial connections lose grip and dissolve

My decaying sheath prepares to evolve.

Leave it all behind, like a serpent does their skin

This precious laced sheath no longer fits

Outgrown and outworn

Unhinged threads have been pulled and torn.

Put me back into the earth

Turn me over into the ground down dirt

I declare my offering to the divine

This borrowed vessel is no longer mine.