the dark weighs more
where light once shone
the shadows deep
inside your bones
even my words hollow out
the last breath of smoke rising
from a guttered candle flame
the window sash shut tight
around my mouth
I remember where the moon
held my face so close
kissed dreams into my tousled hair
sheets twisted into bonds
the sky an infinite prison of black spilling
into black bars
you can’t tell falling
from floating
when your body is the night sea
reflecting a map of stars
the path home
mirrors the path away
and every constellation pulls
a crashing wave
inside your lungs.