love is real.

I first saw her at school
she winked
I roared
she sauntered on over
and the scent of my socks made her vomit

we capered through fields
sun-drenched hair
love-locked eyes
smiles outshone the stars
and the reek of my socks made her vomit

her beauty freed all
how she went
how she breathed
heaven sang her praises
as the musk of my socks made her vomit

I asked her to marry
knee down
ring given
and before she said "yes"
the stench of my socks made her vomit

She gave me a child
she huffed
and she puffed
she pushed out our offspring
then the pungence of my socks made her vomit

Moved into the dorm
arms waved
"please behave"
off to college he went
and the whiff of my socks made her vomit

Grandchildren arrived
tikes reared
stories shared
we watched them grow up
and the stink of my socks made her vomit

now on her deathbed
hands squeezed
eyes milky
and right before she died
the smell of my socks made her vomit

oh.

i'm here

you're sure

yes 

i'm not

i am 

what if

then what

then what

indeed

don't fret

i am

you are

we can

are we

we are

we did

we will

how so

just wait

i am

you'll see

will i

will you

will i

we'll see

just be

okay

are you

i am 

my god

not now

i'm done

oh wow

right back

i see

okay

with me

let's go

yes, let's

alright

alright

wait

you're there

i am

you are
i am

figments 1

how do you

know 

these things 

I stare out 

into dark woods 

rain pouring 

wondering 

about homes

and the hands that have

built them

show me starch-starved legs

beneath a timid torso 

and hold me

hold me 

until i understand 

this way of going

figments 2

the tinge of you

it breaks me

in two

caught between love lost

and dreams broken

i 

one slow day at a time 

step in a 

particular direction 

with a headful of memories

and a heart

a heart 

that latches 

onto moss. 

archangel

Holding you

Let it be alone 

Loving you

Let it be alone

Kissing you 

Let it be alone 

Tell me I belong 

-Burial 

find me here.

find a way to this heart
before i lose your love in the dark
guided only by a tiny spark
extinguished, could tear us apart