Tattooed Thoughts

thirty-one

Your cries to the stars woke me up last night.

They were reflecting, looking down on

both of us shining their light.

It was the beacon you needed to reach,

and my guide to search for you.

Midnight, I was outside running endlessly,

trying to bring your safe hands home,

so you wouldn't break down alone.

I can't let you fracture

I can't let it consume you to...

I can't let that happen again.

It was your nightmare that seeped,

deeply,

breaking,

yearnful

into my sleeping heart.

Cries that screamed for silence,

those well known soundless screams

praying for a drowning kiss.

Let me inside, I'll lock the doors;

away, protected from that fatal destiny.

Let me inside, I'll leave you

to a curing kiss goodnight

of your sleepless suffering.

Let your heart rhythm play

just one more string...

I'm nearly beside you

just a heartbeats reach

two pulses,

don't leave me alone with mine

so reach out finally

into our beacon.

-knock knock... please open up now.