Collisions of Matter

Suspending disbelief 

Twirling starlight in my hand

Reaching for infinity 

And a way to understand 

Why things never go as planned 

Maybe there just aren't enough

Hours in the day

To wrap the world around me

Or collect all of the stray 

Thoughts scattered in the fray 

Grounding here instead  

Feeling sunlight on my skin 

Grasping fleeting seconds 

Trying to hold on to when 

The world wasn't so quick to spin

Perhaps I am just tired 

Worn out bones all start to creak

Gather dirt around me

For what else is there to seek 

But warm hands to stroke my cheek?

Bury me in waves of

Collisions of matter 

Release one more breath now

With a reticent clatter 

Succumb to life and watch the air scatter 

Transient

Polishing the clouds

Autumn blazing through the rain

Colliding with the ground  

Kindling the trees again

Ignite the world in shades of

Tangerine and scarlet 

Unearth the hidden spoors 

Petrichor and cold sweat 

Picking through the debris 

After one more fearsome storm 

Cold and unpredictable 

Kneading flesh to keep us warm 

Inscribe the world with leaves of

Tamarack and tupelo 

Inhaling pine and ragweed til

Needles fade beneath the snow

Dissolution

When all of time has passed away

And all that yet remains 

Is a ghost of a feeling

And neverending rains 

Drenching every atom 

Every speck of dirt

Eroding every pleasantry 

And every minor hurt

I'll drink in this madness 

Fill with numbing cold

Drowning out the ages

Erasing young and old

Skin will stretch and tear

Then dissolve to dust 

Absolving every grievance 

And every bit of trust 

When all of time begins again 

And all is made anew

Dry sands attempt to cover

The faint remembrance of you

Sieving all these feelings 

Fading each memory 

Til the world dries of madness 

And you've forgotten me

1461

It's all just days and days

Adding up to one last year

It's all an ongoing attempt 

To find ourselves right here

Here where life shifts

And new things unfold 

Here with deep breaths 

And your hand to hold

What's there to say now

In the middle space we are in

On the edge of a lifetime 

Just waiting for it to begin 

The path forward is set 

All that's left are details 

And compared to your eyes

Still every word pales 

So I'll try to draw on moonlight 

Pale and serene 

To convey something more than

Words could ever mean 

For a light with no burn 

That shines through the rain

And glides through the dark

Is like a love with no pain 

We've felt it on our fingers 

And there's nothing I'd rather do

Than continue learning

How to hold the moonlight with you

That Much Brighter

Wringing out these dripping days

Rain pounding on my head

Icicles may form here

Trickling down from all we've said 

Ignited in a moment

Ne'er to be seen again

Gliding towards understanding  

Lost inside oblivion 

Endeavoring to return to when -

The stars shown that much brighter 

The night was soft and cool

Eternity felt closer

Rushing on like such a fool 

Stay within this moment 

Turn it over in your mind

Offering no resolution 

My thoughts all fall behind

Yearning for when the stars all aligned 

Satisfy this last desire 

Entwined with every plight 

Lost amidst this churning chaos 

Find yourself out in the light