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Aqueous

the wick is lit
smouldering in the wet
cinders without flames

warmth is constant
but syncopated
energizing atmosphere
vitalizing electrons

charming creation
to waltz and sway
among the earthen
elemental and molecular

the blanket thickens
but does not smother

unity and symbioses
diversity, evolution
protected, sustained

the dance, the ritual
primeval
persists within the mother

her life blood
aqueous

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[My Mind]

my mind
minute
vast enough
to conceive
a cosmos

you and me

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Mutated Collagen

mutated collagen micro-abrades
melanin glitches, nightmare of nuance
science explains natural wonders
in code and repetition
emotionless messengers
economical inheritance

skips, deletion, substitution

magic in existence
romance in the movement
overshadowed by techno
Frankenstein in a lab-coat and horn-rims
over-explaining, denaturing
inserting the nightmare
of nuance

algorithmically meddling
with my poetic mojo
from the silicone sterilization
simulations in paler heights

I’ll pause; give a minute
to unriddle the binary
of that not-so veiled slight

wait …
I’m lost in explaining
rhymed there for a bit
demystifying, taking aim
nit-picking, complaining
devaluing my basket-weavers

let me start again
what I meant to say
was ….

I love the way your
eyelashes brush against
the freckles on your cheeks

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Waves, Particles

waves, particles
bloom, stem
leaves, fingers

perception
from segmentation

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Penance Beads

under starry, nebula skies
you drank from my fountain
smoothed your sandpaper throat
with its regenerative waters

banqueted on my bounty
berries, bread, and wine
a fee you felt must be paid
in return recycled vistas
tokens of re-used beads

I told you I wanted only love
to bathe with you in the sun

you revealed your hurts
dried your tears on my hem
grew strong; came to know
yourself; toyed with loving
me

more penance beads
and reused vistas
claiming the healing balm
when breaking my heart

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under starry, nebula skies
you drank from my fountain
but I was never worthy enough
to be seen under the sun
to be loved

I will be loved
I will be seen
I am worthy
I am enough

Charged Breath

charged breath
diaphanous
shades
Aurora’s allure
lies in a dropped veil