gianduia-toast

Because it was too heavy,
I slashed the tapestry of my brain
and brought out that grain
of galena-love
deposited there so long.

And because its glimmer in the
earthshine startled me,
I thrashed and bashed and beat it
hard
against the bridge between us.

I hoped it would shatter into sand
and sift through my fingers into Lethe

but instead it sparked and flared and has left
me burning before you.

Chilly

My heart is a stone
which sometimes skips
to feel requitement's
caress, those ripples of
nothing.

But always with
a dread does it tread
the surface of
its love for you.

You are my lake and
you are cold and

I so fear submergence.

Frank

Once, I was the
clearest spring;
now trees have sprung
and aged upon my banks.
Where once you sipped
and knew the taste,
is mud and shade of
a tangled wild
that none can navigate. But wait.

Somewhere, there is a diamond with the weight of
all the earth and the light of all the stars.

It is the heart of me;
it is my love for you.

But a warden-wind tells me
"that will do."