• Cigarette smoke amidst the falling rain
    to stain and stale, but not refrain
    each bead to dive, burst open, unite
    her heart pace accelerates
    A metronome
    a second home
    where my baby used to lay
    Umbrella kisses, the best intentions
    let's coalesce on leafy blades
    despite decisions that we've delayed
    Back up the stairs, A fortress out of sheets
    two spoons lay here to share their heat
    A fox and her fellow
    lock lipped
    with spines entwined
    three words spoken, two hearts broken
    and Soundless I swallow each good-bye
    Keep me from digesting this beauty undressing
    again again again, we cry.