Critical inflammation sodden
stagnate depths misplaced
in frigid pipe dreams
held hostage within
simulated emotions.

Sculpting a kingdom
of sand castles,
in the velvety recesses
of my mind’s arrogance,
a grapevine of mortality’s
breathless truths open.

A river of light, out of Eden,
of pristine and abundant beauty
splits the prismatic duality
lost in subjective metaphor.

Escorted lies of insomniac
thought of a lonely man
vanish in the midnight murmurs
of her white light’s acoustics.

Elevated senses held within
sheltered visions of tomorrow
entwine dream with wish,
like an anaconda mating ball.

Papered chains that had bound
burn in the white-hot flame
of the light she has shined
upon me.

happy for you

breathless