She Came to You

 

 

She came to you

in a tangle of poetry and lush wine

hemmed with smiles

 

bruised from the travel

where freeway potholes flung thoughts of you

at her eyes

against her bones

 

she carefully folded herself

into borrowed arms

 

this was your allocation of time

a delicate language

that spilled into her

and held her against your chest

as you slept in the sky

 

she made her residence

behind your eyes, crushed beside sadness

so that everywhere you look

reflects moments of her

 

trying to keep her

is like trying to hold wind

 

You live in two worlds

stolen beauty, solid love

and leave her

still smiling.