I won't pretend I'm not consumed by you
walking forest dunes, swimming desert lakes
I could drown hiking your veins' ocean blue
do I love you just for loving's sake?
languid puddles pool sandy in your hand
an ugly pause sits between you and me,
interrupting your water and my land,
forgetting the shore is to stop the sea.
scuba in the Saraha: camelfish
I dive in your depths and forget to breathe
huffing tanks of O2 like a last wish
for a fraction of your love unsheathed
but, mixing water and land just makes clay.
the mirage is quickly fading away.
