i am drowning in the petals of your memory
soft and shy in shades of pink
with each breath you rise and flutter with wings of certainty
and surprise
my hopes strive to tether themselves to something solid
a branch
even a bark rubbed weary from years of touch and tease
winds whose breath tousled with itself after meeting
you

come, call peace to this battle royal of the sky
release the silent longings of sound from the synapses of my skin
move and sway
rhythm and blues

crash then scramble back up to your lofty perch whence you whisper to me
silver rivers on delicate lavender nights
rock beaches dimmed and caressed by your cool cover of words
on words
on sounds
in silences that say to me
sing on, baby
sing on