they say
“don’t be a stranger”
but I suppose that might just be the point of this
because love
and grief
are alchemists
that turn bedrock
to soapstone.
(and moss to Oddkin)
and though these bones
may still hold soil
for that ancient dream
maybe
it’s okay
if instead
of growth
through motion
in pursuit of luminance
we elect stasis
in acceptance
of darkness
for a while.
and therefor
this is me
a garden of wounds
blooming
in moonlight.
(and for a time
love let itself be lived
as an exchange of intimate obliterations
and for a time
we forgot
the losing of a child.)

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