Tag: Jeremiah Ray

buds turned inward;
last years blossoms
turned inward upon themselves
as memories.
only a
lilac tree could hold these lessons
with
such bold defiance.
blossoms
so near birth
& last
year’s buds just memories

in
dreams body
tells me things

i study you
my
body so inadequate

so very
loved yet
so inadequate for this

in dreams
body tells me things

body tells
me in dreams
of things

body always primal

body
to hide pain or joy
or even joyful pain
or pleasure 

body
tell me things
things told to me
by body

peeling the layers
of an onion
the dried skin
flaking away
down to the off-white flesh
of the fruit
pulling the
separate layers
that tell stories
unfolding them one by one
and holding
the flesh to your ear
and saying yes

waking you, softly

 you,
 in this light
        
the smell of dreams
and sleep.

and i
breathe you

you unfolding from your sleep.

you to life
         
i
can hold onto this

I returned 
to the old books
because
I could not remember
their stories

what a decade does

the characters
so very different

I could not
reread the pages
I had once found
myself in

what decade does