The sound comes to me
mimicking my mind
the single celled spider
calls to me
wondering where i am
i used to be on the mountain top
looking down on you
from up high in the blue
it wasn’t until
the night that i saw
it wasn’t true
you gave me a necklace
that meant everything
but also nothing
it sits dusty and withdrawn
like a child hiding in a closet
but you sang deeply
like a well echoing through your chest
you called into it
to say my loss is that i can’t love
i can embrace
a once in a lifetime love
or the one note motions
from across the room

all those 3am phone calls
didn’t mean much to you
your revelry was missing
once out of sight
you knew all the moves
hard knuckle, soft bitch
all of your words
were golden with the sound of truth
when we met you had the look
of someone who could see through hearts
it was as if the middle of you was molten hot
trees and birds burst into flames
in nearness
it seemed all those people looked to the sky
instead of you not knowing
the price of love
and pain
and tense motionless moving
and breathless beats
you were to grasp
only momentarily
it was blue until it was black
and i couldn’t tell who achieved success
and who was looking back