After the celebration kisses
The world riots inside me
My fist opens opens slowly
Finger by finger
Against the world of authority
As the first six raindrops
Explode against my window
I am a lover
I create above you
With my strong arms and chest
The darkness that punishes
The breath
You sigh and I fight
The dictator inside me
Outside the sky grows heavy
And rallies around the town
With it’s blackest clouds
But I sit quietly in the corner
Of the room
And watch the mechanics
Of the eyelid
Long black fingers
Have pinched
My heart tonight
Why? Because I have kissed
And thrown my head against
The wind
Letting loose the cries
Tethered around my heart
There is no reason tonight
Only the moth with tapestry wings
And my two lips
Move like stone
Do I look ridiculous now ?
By the open window
Knowing how lightly you turn
Beneath the stars
I lower my head
And words of love
Like a storm of comets
Kindle a thousand fires
In a night sky.
All has passed
As the clock and limping time
Curls up and sleeps
.
Malcolm Paul
Picture Nick Victor
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