Transient Dark Skies

Rapidly clasping

liquid dreams,

slipping between interlaced fingers

and through uncovered

bends not embraced, you and

I hold together the pieces --

with raw, untouched skins --

of naive nights,

offer nearly bare brushes ensconced

by inklings of starlit splatter

scattered past

dust-feathered window

glass on

crisp contours neglected

before wondering heeds

wandered needlessly across uncovered

bends to

embrace untouched skins

beneath transient dark skies.

Emerald reflections of dew-

glazed grass blades

cast onto newfound passions die

under lacked light

crusted over with stinging silence while

barely near hushes

whisper unaffected rhythms,

surges of slow

heart beats

falling from crescendos glowing

dimly through uncovered

bends embraced

as we hold together the

pieces of this

naive night beneath

transient dark skies.