worn away with waking
fairy lights flickered
when no one was watching
woodsmoke curled to sleep
in the grass
use the scarred skin
of your heart
to scratch a match
awake
then light a candle
in the cave
reveal the stalagmite
and stalactite stretching
dripping
towards each other
eventually
the tips of their tongues
will touch
spark at the heart
of the dark
they share
silver poplars shiver
with the echo of light
wind gathers in the trees
the cry of church bells
across the city
serpents of scent
wrapped round your wrists
my sight sand-blasted
I see deserts
stared at by the sun
for too long
oceans of slow glass
a sea of seals
diving into each other’s
molten bodies
light a candle
with me
all night
we’ll watch
the lowering
of the flag
of its flame
is love
the performers
performing for themselves
a slow show
once the wings
of the main show
packed away
instruments played gentle
as injuries
light soaked into
a longed-for letter
never sent
never written
a cobweb of strings
poured from the cross
that control our limbs
snow leopard
born from a dead fire
after snow
sprinkled its spell
upon it
fur of flint
so cold
you don’t spark
the ghost of green
haunts your eyes
as you haunt the mountains
everything is ash
fire whispers to you
in your dreams
you haunt the mountains
of my mind
carry secrets through storms
piss upon rocks
the scent of smoke
no matter how long it takes
endure the cold stare of stars
find my fire
let us see green again
by looking into each other’s eyes
glass the gatekeeper
asks the sky
if they’re on the list
smoke splices its tongue
more surface area
to taste the dark
walking with you
turned fields
into prairies