There are days
when I decide
the sky has turned inside out
and I must follow suit
so I pour paint
out of their tubes
and spread them gently
on my leg with my fingertips
relishing
their smooth texture across my skin
as the colors that have stayed apart for
too long finally overlap
and fall in love with each other's contrasting hues
and my usually busy hands fall still
and absent-minded thoughts
drift in and out of
my open window.
These are the days when
the air pulling in and out of lungs
does not hurt so bad
where wishes
on dandelion seeds
drift
brushing noses with the man
on the moon
before settling on the rings of
Saturn
and of course they don't come
true
because wishes made on an empty stomach
are often indecipherable and
misplaced
so I smear peanut butter
on stale slices of bread
that I hid from the monsters that
live in our pantry.
I need this one to
count
so your fingertips
trace
1
2
3
on my palm
as I
promise my missing pieces
and things I don't have
to the misplaced flowers
in my garden.
when I decide
the sky has turned inside out
and I must follow suit
so I pour paint
out of their tubes
and spread them gently
on my leg with my fingertips
relishing
their smooth texture across my skin
as the colors that have stayed apart for
too long finally overlap
and fall in love with each other's contrasting hues
and my usually busy hands fall still
and absent-minded thoughts
drift in and out of
my open window.
These are the days when
the air pulling in and out of lungs
does not hurt so bad
where wishes
on dandelion seeds
drift
brushing noses with the man
on the moon
before settling on the rings of
Saturn
and of course they don't come
true
because wishes made on an empty stomach
are often indecipherable and
misplaced
so I smear peanut butter
on stale slices of bread
that I hid from the monsters that
live in our pantry.
I need this one to
count
so your fingertips
trace
1
2
3
on my palm
as I
promise my missing pieces
and things I don't have
to the misplaced flowers
in my garden.
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