It Looked Like Dusk but Felt like Rain

I kissed you goodbye

as the thunderheads rolled in.

The whispers of our history

chased me across the blacktop.

The bitter taste of tequila

greeted me after the storm had passed

not enough to make the hours

roll by as fast as the clouds had.

Sometimes I feel like a titan

poised to cut the whole world down

at the center of a tempest.

At night I nestle next to you

the humidity sinking into our skin

layers of fabric the only thing

that ever comes between. 

Closer Still

I writhe around
On my bed
Mid-afternoon sunlight
Pours through my
Barley there shades
And there’s something about
Those little breaths
In my ear
That makes me
Be here
With you
And I think
The soundtrack
To this moment
Is a thousand years long.