A ring of rare bone unto you –
this life through –
the only bloom of my eye.
The Queen of Poisons weeps
into the meadow where we lie.
Just a kiss forever and ever,
will together annul
and consummate a miracle.
As the blood travels on,
under skin and with the sun,
the old darkness awaits.
Slow venom of loneliness
infecting the frame.
The fever rising.
Days themselves
adulterated.
A ring of rare bone unto you –
this life through –
the only bloom of my eye.
The Queen of Poisons weeps
into the meadow where we lie.
Just a kiss forever and ever,
will together annul
and consummate a miracle.
A deeper love, uniquely made,
took many hearts with many names –
made up in violet and white.
Possess every last atom
as we course down
this aisle.
The fever subsiding,
cooled with this
final medication.
A ring of rare bone unto you –
this life through –
the only bloom of my eye.
The Queen of Poisons weeps
into the meadow where we lie.
Just a kiss forever and ever,
will together annul
and consummate a miracle.
© 2017.