into the garden

speak to me
through fingertips for tapping
deliberately along creases
desperately outlined curls
into waves

exhale and dissolve
soaking until the
skin sloughs off in reams
and waves royalty

while I watch as I tear
my heart from my chest
and wring out everything
holy and bright

sing to me though
short of breath and gasping
through a pinprick light
I’m walking on
a string

ears ring and eyes blind
I’ll join with the sun someday
and feed gardens
until I collapse

while I watch as I tear
my heart from my chest
and wring out everything
holy and bright