Tagged: shimmer

when we were water,

when we were water,
we didn’t have tongues to hold
back the words, trading

secrets effortlessly, with
abundance approaching drowning
.
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everything that is

everything that is
magical about a train
ride is not the train

ride – i stare out the window,
penn station to penn station,

new york city to
baltimore, the moving pictures
shimmer, cast long spells
.
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every minute

every minute
shimmers into and out of
place, like separate

but attached fish scales, over-
lapping, covering the day
.
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at the threshold of

at the threshold of
death, the air vibrates,
shimmers as though
at sea, speaking in
salty whispers – life
returning to life,
nature prevailing
.
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by nightfall, the

by nightfall, the
trail of my
heart
is moon-
glazed and leads
nowhere – follow
at your discretion,
it has been known
to build cadences
and impromptus,
verdant ledges
over shimmering
cities,
out of the
softest footsteps
.
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you can hate the idea

you can hate the idea
of having to find me
but you still won’t
stop until you do –
going by the
distance of
your slightly
damaged laughter
i may still appear
to shimmer
from where
you are
.
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