into you

when i look at you

as you look ahead

and my eyes

fall heavy onto you

and i know

you feel me there

but you stay put

and for those few moments

before you turn

i have all of you

for nobody's eyes

will ever look at you

the way mine do

warmth

Days when the heart’s weak wants

Like daisy claws clowning

Under a fallen birch

Fold into themselves

And forget their splendor. 

Aye, the days lose fervor

And momentum alone churns the gears

But I, encased in vials of dimpled dairy

Do recall the sounds of summer

When youth like bells rang out amongst the marigolds

And beef sat stewing 

For the heat brings the scents and smells

But with it too the laughter of love.