Your pupils are tiny and starry,
lifting your eyes from that dark canyon
the dust sea
dying them brown, giving them
black skin that won’t peel
under sunlight.
I understand moths surround you
but you are strong,
they only
fill your eyes like tears
attracted to the light
your nameless energy, where life touches
you
it just begins to trust.
Insomniac plants must squeeze
their eyelids at night
to build the crystal white structure of
you, hues shadows hold onto
saves, grows to, trusts
as a lullaby verse to become glued on.
We sprout from energy
bright and warm, float in a hot tea bath
chamomile up out of porcelain
rosemary and roses and honeydew
lit by candles,
we feel your energy and just believe.
