forehead to forehead
mind inside mind
immersed in your soul
and the fringe of your eyes

brown and then blue
and water subsides
the upwelling of the heart
held back by the tides

billows of gray
and pockets of light
refusing to slumber
but hoping i might

tired eyes let yourself go
fade to black, drift to sleep
it's not the surroundings that you know
not the memories you want to keep

the embers usher in the
end of something beautiful and bright
the sky exhales to end the
suffering of the light

muddled and confused
like watercolors green and blue
indiscernible up close
but focused with a wider view

silent eyes, cavernous
like an eclipsed moon
lull to sleep and never
dream of this sullen june