lover is a day

libra sun (cancer moon pt 2)

i think whatever spell i cast on her to remember me has backfired
and with it, i've gained the warm realization that she has blossomed in my stomach
a love anew - blushing and pure
with petals of glowing sweetness that i would give onto her

she eats scoops of watermelon from my spoon
and i tell her that each black seed is a child i would bear for her
each seed is a back i would break - a child i would weave from sinew
a yell i would let tear my throat in two

i tell her this so she will know that i am not brave, but in love
i know not how to put out flame coaxed by strokes of sweaty hands
i do know how banana ice cream melts upon her tongue and how the smell of her nail polish fills up a room

domesticated love is akin to sun drenched trees
i am tall and full and evergreen
and she is like the goddesses i drew in my middle school notebooks
she is loops of thick hair and topaz teeth

i don't know much but can describe the strength of her brown arms
can't speak french but know eight words for the color of her lips

she knows mother moon and father sky
i know the skin above her ribs and freckles 'round her eyes

we are in love
crafting ways to write it down
scrawling sigils for the other's protection then burning them
we are in love

i am sipping cherry wine and calling my mother
i found the girl of my dreams in a perfume bottle by the kitchen sink
we ain't running away but have got to go soon

mommy, you really think my girl could be contained in this room?
we are off to boundless skies and brown liquor and orange juice sun
my girl and me, out on the plains
her laughing
me tracing our names

writing love poetry is weirD. not be That person but i went 10 days off wattpad (it felt like at least 2 weeks) and i kinda understand why so many ppl go on full hiatuses?yikes? imma be semi-active, my internship is 1 more week :)

hope every1 is feeling good and treating themselves well! oh and i wrote something new for the huffpost and it's linked on the conversations bit of my profile. thx!