We gloried in immolation.
We used each other as temples of solaceÑ
our bodies clung
tangled
too desperate to know we were drowning
into a gorge blinding our already blinded eyes
with airy blackness
blanknessÑ
it erodes, biting at our feet now
threatens to devour
consume
our only choice is to dive
soot diffuses my veins untangle from
the crushing web of your arteries
each vessel lies end to endÑ
the long stem of glistening fruit
I cut insideÑ
vertical
slide
fallow seeds float before my eyes millions of seeds before my float fallow million seeds fallow fallow fallow seeds fallow fallow millions
and yet I seeÑ
glowing invisibly
permanent and
slippery
there is one seed
one
fertile and waiting
always waiting