gardenia

Wish I could put smell-a-vision on this post--love the gardenia fragrance!

why I can't sleep

I am not alarmed to hear
this snort
in my ear

of the territorial rhinoceros
so near
nor do I awake
in fear

nor blink
at the howl
of your midnight train
a mere
3 inches from my brain

(I can fall asleep again)

but, my dear
I must complain--

this whisper
your body makes
rising
and falling

the soft light
spilling
into me
through your skin

such a disturbance--!

snow on clematis

snow

snow
falling through me

melting
you
out of my heart

snow
carrying away
your eyes

in rivulets
of coal

snow
bright acid
drifting
through
my veins

filling

your silent
tracks
with white