Sonnet

I “walked out of heaven” and haloed hell. The pain scrapes
The castle; and I ponder your ghost. Have...

Acoustic love—and prairie dreams; and background hopes.
I loved you aforetime—despite the brochure;...

I imagine you're trying so hard, but can’t outlive the trauma:
The hurt. I invite you to breathe;...

As pure as dolphins; and sorely pained. I near the ebb and tip
A toe; and walls of brick, and sulfur...

The taste of grapefruit, love: so sweet; and so sour; and pastel
Love, the grayest dream; and still...

We’re Holy ghosts; and light flickers; and time is but a myth.
I reckon it’s both heavy and soft: a...

To fathom is to feel; and to feel is to fathom. Such chills: such
Mystic rills; and darkness—a holy...

I wish the rain would fall for eternity

Eternity... because that's how long
this sorrow will...

Lemons and guava, love; and fairytale dreams; for topaz pain;
And topaz joy: a box of colors. Such...

Search a dying kiss; and grope a memory, bliss. We hitched
The music; and walked the keel: so fickle...

Set the ritual: prepare the rites: ingest the Spirit. Waltz the
Silence: feel the mist: stumble and...

Somewhere deeper, love: our faucet eyes—pleading love;
And such forever—a vault of phantoms; and...

I sip and fall and die and live: "you make me better," love; and
Break the sky, a world of mystic...

We fight the sadness, love; and live the sadness, love: such
Sheer embrace; and majesty lives: a...

It’s investigating: seeking out the root. Spirit wrestles spirit;
And soul wrestles soul. An edge of...

Is it possible, Death: a bit of happiness? a sun to shine? a felt

Joy? For the light is dim; and...

We’re kindred souls; and shall never meet again: we part
With chemistry; and dine with sorrow; and...