I.

only in my dreams, now
do I watch that ceiling fan
whip time into a creamy bliss
for me to savor while you sleep

II.

my heart is an open tome in the sky
look up and see how
the sun shines through its pages
you knew me before you met me

III.

you'll meet people who'll restore
you'll meet people who'll reduce
your faith in the human spirit
and you will love both of them

IV.

I dream of a body
water-kissed cool and soft
there's something godly in the
marbled streams that ready

V.

strangers to love always seem to either
contain floods of it
or unending drought.
I want to be rainfall

VI.

I shot that soft doe deer
to cure its chronic wasting
it'd been gnawing itself to the bone
and I just couldn't watch it anymore

VII.

Medusa lives in my mirror.
she turns my heart to brittle shale
anytime I wear earrings for girls
who aren't you

VIII.

today is the future I once pondered.
those faraway roses are blooming and
dreaming in lovely pastels
I remember when they bloomed for me