i saw you in the mirror
you were wearing your hair differently
carrying the air differently
you say you want your hair long parted in the middle
long in solidarity - worn for all his women
long beach
aimless
your fingers wiping oil on the paper w precision
w decision like an artist never yet with a vision
w a reason
stared w venom at the ceiling
not the grass
but straight ahead
just at the skyline
w precision
laser vision
time was stopping
moving through u.
u dictated
by what moved u
only moving never thinking
match the sun that's slowly sinking
at the height of afternoon
in the heat of summer evening
like a phoenix like a chemtrail like a wavelength no
one's claiming
georgia o'keeffe
georgia peaches
doing nothing but your painting
for forever
forget teachers
forgive him for ever leaving
love is rising
no resisting
cheeks are flushing
now you're living
say goodbye now
no resisting
live your life like
no one's listening
be the art that life is breathing
be the soul the world is living.
do what you want
for you only
not for giving
just for taking
no one's listening
at the end of lime and 10th street down the road that's green
and winding
past the bushes cypress thriving past the chain
link fence
and driving
farther down the road less traveled
there u are athleisure wear unraveled
now i see you clear
standing stoic blue and denim
eyes not blue but clear like
heaven
you don't want to be forgotten
you just want to disappear
- 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘺
