"Devoured Within a Moment Lost"

Twists like a haunted river
the wind against my face
I’m awakened
by the severed stillness
Howling for deliverance
as I hold you
In the circle of my fire
Fully embracing the ghost
of yesterday
Where your touch
Lingered in gentle air
Resonant upon
the morning light
As I caught the sun
In your eyes

~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.

My flesh splits open
Latticed against
an invisible sky
As the moon descends
in suspended emotion
Hurling into my body deep
The secret thrust
of pain
A signal from the heart
Untangling the layered clouds
To claim a single tincture
Of that beautiful canvas...

Before I fail to remember-
the image

And the feelings empty-
Gratuitously

Devoured within a moment-
Lost