you might not
know at a glance
what i feel
as intuitive as you are
something about me
resists easy interpretation
i, a dark planet
teeming with potent life
just beyond your range
but not in your orbit
the air is thick there
heady, a glass of wine
atop a mountain
but visit
explore
through my eyes
lies a promise
of adventure
and you open
yourself
to the
calm animal
certainty
that i
understand
without judgement
that here
you can
be
someone else
yourself
without
mother’s admonitions
that you can coil
around me
as i fuck
light
into you
pressed and tested
without explanation
the decisions
given to my
safekeeping
and here
naked
damp and glowing
you are the eve
of this new world
where everything looks
the same
but it all
feels
new
