Howl
Silently,
you come to me
a weave of fingers
like a lace net
Cast into
the darkness
to catch me
before I fall
Quickly,
You find me
Bare toes
on frozen grass
Each step
a secret song
written out
On a bed
of wild-flowers
Gasping,
You tumble into me
Twisting your back
To miss the fall
Of my gaze
Howling,
You bring me pain,
Dressed as a pebble
Gripped between
your tongue
And teeth
Let me devour it
and suckle
On its hard seed
cradle it on my lips
like the slick
deep, taste of wine
Of razor blades
in honey-spice
As we turn sour
In the lantern-light
Let me bite into it
gently
and pull back it’s skin
Like i'm turning
the pages of a book,
To read the rest
of our story
When it is done,
we will spread out,
like wet lightning,
emptied and electric
and warm our hands
by the fire.
We will cast
our shadows
across the earth
toss our coals
like spears,
into the living flame
And ride
it’s dance
into heaven
like little deaths,
like a held breath.
like broken crowns
on the heads
of broken kings
Striding.
Searching.
Heavy and Lost.
O candle-wick love,
and knife in my heart
O salt-stone,
and bread of my table
Still your hurried pace
And look to the sky
For we are wolves tonight
Long of eye,
And silver’d fangs
howling for flesh
and dreaming of stars.
