save yourself

how many odes 

I've written 

to the deep caramel honey 

that are your eyes

how many times 

I emptied my heart out

longing for their gaze

for the melody in my head

to play in the space

electrified

by your lashes

and the corners on my mouth

what's it going to take

fingers

unintertwined

sights 

empty

a heart that lies waiting

like a chained puppy

home alone

waiting to find out

its fault

call out my name

drunk on the moon
sat there with you
my heart knows poetry

the night seeps into my skin
as the skylight
the cityscape
and the trail of airplanes
reflect
in the honey of your eyes

your tongue traces
the syllables of my name
juggling one for another
for the sake of
endearment

somewhere
in the wrinkled fold of some galaxy
stars must be fusing
dying
aging

and I remind myself
of the hopscotch
we play
drawing eights and threes
in the wrong places

my heart has always been
yours
silly

pushing and falling
but yours
silly