sunbreak the black sky
shrink shadows of my lost touch
and return home to my patient hands
 
wind whip a willful whisper across time
s–t–i–t–c–h my speaking lips shut
slip a muted message along sinew stretched thin through
 
tides walloping waves against sharp, rocky shore
pull my desire through rip current tow
and drown every wish that cannot swim across the ocean
 
swelling fire consumed my mind’s dry desert lands–
a waking nightmare incinerating soft sheets like helpless clouds
 
crawling to cover what’s left of my resplendent refraction
through atmospheric pressure that bends
 
my veins branching & quivering in summer storm’s approach
heartbeat synching between blasts of thunderclap crash
before a bough breaks 
 
and all I cradle falls:
 
everything,
 
 
baby.
 
 
everything. 
 
 
 [ænd]
 
 
all.