Mae

She reminds me of geraniums, red bleeds into pink

and white like the color of her nails in December 

when she wants to make herself happy, 

         though the sun is low in the sky. 



The world looked as if we are all that was left,

kisses echoed off the grass and fostered fog at our feet. 

The tips of her fingers were like tiny wings

         extended to my neck, a supple palm. 

         

When I talk to God, it is about her. I know He listens 

in the evening, when her lips slide up to singe my ear,

speaking love and life and 

         fear of Him into our bodies. 



We grow like weeds beneath crooked, angry toes 

that run underneath twisted trees.

We are quiet, underground lovers who write 

         forever on blackened knees. 



And when the moon scales the sky to reach its post,

we bathe in shallow puddles, naked and green where

all can see. She kisses me, like geraniums, red lips

         and pink breasts under a white crescent.

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