I.
I was still a small flame when I
Lost myself in sunrise marbling too intimately
with gently glowing blushes
forgetting the blue swirling at our edges
like shallows preparing to tie dye the sands.
I was searching for my soulmate,
For an aura to blend with my amber glimmer,
For an energy to match burning beams of bronze;
Forgetting the blue swirling at my edges,
II.
I was still a small flame when I
Lost myself in sunrise marbling too intimately
with gently glowing blushes
forgetting the blue swirling at our edges
like shallows preparing to tie dye the sands.
I was searching for my soulmate,
For an aura to blend with my amber glimmer,
For an energy to match burning beams of bronze;
Forgetting the blue swirling at my edges,
omit tenderness
insert release into space
omit suspension of breath
omit dissolving
omit hums of warmth
omit grounded weight
III.
Lost in sunrise marbling too intimately
with gently glowing blushes
forgetting the blue swirling at our edges
like shallows preparing to tie dye the sands.
IV.
Lost in sunrise marbling too intimately
with gently glowing blushes
forgetting the blue swirling at our edges
like shallows preparing to tie dye the sands.
insert recovery
omit fluidity
insert celebration of energy
V.
a small flame
Lost in sunrise marbling too intimately
with gently glowing blushes
of rose-tinted coral,
forgetting the blue swirling at our edges
like shallows preparing to tie dye the sands.
Forgetting that I, too,
Am blue at the core.
