your soft
and shimmering tones
told me to stop
(staring at the sun}
and since that day
Ive been blind

~

disorganized I fell
{the domino-man}
too preoccupied
(lining up my pieces)
to keep from cascading
(again)

and now I lay
disheveled and spread out
(over puddled lifetimes)

{beautiful you
that treads
so carefully}

your soft (and shimmering)
fingers and toes
soft-touching amd dipped in
{echoing} ripples
so soft {you are}
your {so-soft} lullabies
dull me
as I try and try and try
to line up my fallen
constellation{dominos}
(again)

but youre still so soft and shimmering

its all I can do
to keep from cascade-falling
once-and-once-and-once again

04/13/2003

Author's Note: please criticize this harshly. -malachi

Posted on 04/13/2003
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