dearest departed

once is too much and eternally not enough.
once you held my shaved head -
that time I died first
and THAT is why
I did it then
All - Those - Reasons
and this is the starlight

that we parted under.
I think I was in star shock
those leafy brown eyes
the scratch and silk words
pressing denim and fragile heartache.

do you remember making love
next to the whistling, boiling pot?
the fight over the book
breathless tears, so many years.
condensed sunsets are the color of your hair.

I wanted to curl up inside of you
but just threw my legs across your lap
there was no pretense,as promised
and you knew just where to take me.

these blue canyons will hold you forever
no tears. no more tears my dearest one.
this time, soft and open kisses
uncertain aching everything
once is just too much and eternally not enough.