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