amaryllis

I don't want to write
about this virus anymore
Don't care that this will be part of history
I just want this chapter over
But today, life's not giving me a say
Just gotta take the hand I'm dealt
And watch as this time fades away

Inside my bedroom
I can choose to weather this storm
Delude myself into
“Everything will be alright” ‘s
I can watch the sun die
Every dusky evening
day after week after month
And it can simply be
A gorgeous sunset

You're a fool to think
we'll take this lying down
dolefully spewing heartfelt last words
as you take a pair of red scissors
and snip our seams apart

If you cut us into two,
we will sew ourselves back up

frolicking wavesand calming silence
the salty tang of air
Leaping dolphins
so carefree
and the sea breeze
catching my hair
rippling glossy midnight
just like in the moviessandy lava scorchs toes

Clasping seashells
in sandy palms
that hold saline memories
seagull tracks
towering whitecaps
that turn into dusky lupine glaze
shamrock seaweed coils around ankles
dragging you into its blue blood
submerged in the calm

Legs twined in sweaty blanket
although it's sweltering
I need it
This knot binds me
So I don't float away
from my home
which has shrunk
to this roomor more exactly,
this bed
This is the only place I feel safe