all my taps are dripping
the sun froths and flares
I write to you
to keep you near me
your heart
more scar than tissue now
you’re scarring the scars
sunlight and midnight
lines the inside
of our chests
fairy lights flickered
when no one was watching
woodsmoke curled to sleep
in the grass
we breathe in
the dark of each other
bells hold onto
all the peals struck
from the dark
of their bodies
a forever home for shadows
hung in the wind
that whips whispers
from their stillness
caves will call
to the sky
sky will become
ceiling
star charts
blueprints
for starlings
beneath summer sun
share the shadow
of a brolly with you
within its soft circle
we’ll listen to the rain
in each other
your songs shriveling
to scent
rings made from rainfall
the scars from our dreams
sew us together
pirouette upon rusted blades
across scorched streets
dissolve into the spray
of their own sparks
rust and ash
pollen and snow