elements of nearness

elements of nearness


pour yourself
      into my lovescape
listen
      while I intone the vowels
      of your secret name

let me spread
      my verisimilitude
      to your soul’s scrutiny
magenta
savory
and smoother than cello

inhale
your sibilance
and I’ll exhale
favor
after corrugated favor

I have capacity
      beyond your shadow’s glint
so tap into
      isabelline implications

no one is looking

touch warm
start ruffling the silences
      that can’t be pulled
      from your tongue’s softness

reach into
      the crook of my comfort
nestle in
      rapturous silver
      meant for taste

your voice tickling
      deeper than oboe
your eyes
      striking ripples
      in lost-teen-angst yesterdays
irrelevant

hoping to
      laser
into the midnight
      of your eye-crinkling smile

I know your touch
      at stocking’s edge

write, I say...
      just write
don’t think
      of my aphorisms
only let me fetch
      one more constellation
      from icy silence

awaken to my
      juniper pleadings
and inspire the
      piquant spice-green
      knife-edge
      courage hidden
      there

yes... right there