Daughters

Raw, bleeding 

baring teeth and creation

you pushed me from your

womb.

I dream of baby dolls

plastic, still-born and

covered, lying in their bodily

tombs.

I hold them to me

willing a truthful cry to 

escape into the frozen

din.

Peel, cut them all away

the falsities that bind 

contain your compassion like 

sin.

Raw, bleeding

baring teeth and creation

you pushed me from your

womb.

Haiku III

Golden ginkgo leaf
glowing soft beneath moon shine
joy; they fall as one.

In the forest

In the expanse of relief

breaths beneath blankets

we're happy and full

but you roll into me again

your hands tattooing circles

inside my intimancy

unprepared, rocking, rising

falling and laughing

and from somewhere deep,

inside the cavernous walls

of body and soul

you coax out a scream

soft and surprised at first,

pleading and pleased then

wild, lost in all ways.

you found me.

day and night

I need you by the night
       like shelter by the sea

falling through the day.

I love you in the morning
        like warmth in the sun

falling stars through the sky.