poem 223 of a poem a day for 2012

voyaging a dream sequence

you and me

tide water kingdom shopping

erupted velvet slip curtain doors

moorings untied

knotted wood grain

in writhe and uncoil

in foil wrapped charm

painting sequins

with moonlight

to fit every angle

just right

to plot every course

just to the moment of

majestic discovery

in slow lips and

the cupped geometry

of what we are

emptying

our pockets of

the rumpled silhouettes

of all the city-states

that rise in

what we had shed

at the foot

of the bed

clamor

for more

food to eat

for more

cargo to unload

for more

bounty to share

that cannot

be written

outside

this molecule

to molecule

binding that is

a fool finding

passage through

the dead light

of stars

that is the reminder

to know

that the smell

of what memory

gives birth to

never needs

words to savor

a smile

in the dark

EJR ©