Poetic Referendum(s) On Life

In Love With A Cactus

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In Love With A Cactus

I’m in love with a cactus, that took so long
to flower before my eyes
in this dry, jailed heat that releases
my tears, lifting to feed
the hungry air shared.
A clean sun
bakes us in dusted kiln, apart,
glazing with fear to touch your skin.
Will I bleed? Will you need me
love again, harder, deeper, impale
my love on stoic arms of nails?
I’m in a canyon,
scaled down a lifetime to reach,
to near your precious core.
Why do I question anymore?
Seasons beneath each pale moon rush past,
silent stealth gone before I rise.
My eyes crust and crack open,
long for any tender touch to wake.
The days had just begun, soared,
nearing in this descent.
No other use for these ailing arms,
knowing I must squeeze
with all my strength.
Breath vacates deflated lungs.
When young,
had I seized the chance, I’d climb.
Good for you that I fear falling,
our story with no arc or acts —
just brilliant, magnetic curtains stars pierce,
gases fueling a radiant sundown.


6.2.22
6.6.22 edit

Screw stanzas, line breaks. Keep your nose to the grindstone, pry for meaning.
Hmm.