Surface vs. Depth (vulnerability)

I get swallowed up in the day to day
clocks&pens&papers&books&computerscreans
time&ink&trees&binding&integratedciruits
but what does the brain have to do in matters of the heart?

Come closer?
infiltration
heart temptation
inspiration
- reflection

Surface vs. Depth

as someone who always drowns too quickly
why would I remain on the surface
belly up amongst the fallen leaves and the struggling beetle
floating an orange life vest during darker times
one that screams, “I’m too young to swim alone”
(that’s all you were)

silk twine
heart lines

“see you in dreamland darlin”
 but I’ve seen you there before
in your doorframe without a door
your eyes - iridescent & piercing mine
a doorframe without a door

no barriers,
nothing to keep out
nothing to lock away
free
- that feeling like too much smoke in your lungs
& not letting it escape
as if it would ruin the high

 nothing else mattered,
not the ceiling or the sky
nor the floorboards or the earth under their feet
divine purpose

infiltration
heart temptation
inspiration
reflection

 i gave me away to you
 -- i woke up smiling