For U

Drowning in unflattering
light
sparks beneath me
you'll quench my
thirst
taste
hunger/desire/denial

and I'll nail
it once again

you say you're on fire
but you've yet to feel my burn
and I'm about to send out the bill
for the incurred debt

you're twisted
distant
and self-absorbed

tendencies don't often serve
us as a partnership
anchoring this ship

southward
she sails
seeking
safety
somber
sober
togetherness
in a cohabitation
called
chronic
cathartic

love:

anti-isolation served with a brevity
and serendipity that occurs almost
ironically
from the jaded perspective
of a jilted
past


somehow
i end up
feeling
less than
devoured
but all together
full and
complete
encompasses the mood/feeling/state
for the entirety
of this partial
journey
called
togetherness

the mist rolls
across the waters
foreshadowing
mystery
spice and
the spontaneity

that i crave
makes u indispensable
(at the moment of)
coarse
describes
your edges

full and about to be
refined describes
your
attitude
makes criticism
a tense disaster
of direction

fire
burns on these shores,
on deck,
and on hand

but it serves as an
alternate dimension
to this paradoxical
story
about what could possibly
happen
(or not)
to this majestic
oak ship that has
emerged victorious
in the battle
for
heat
and
passion

:forget me not
regret me less
and fill full with its entirety
for you
lasted