chiaroscuro

my breath seizes i cannot see  what's ahead of me there's a thread of laughter a spool of smiles and i long to unravel and to tangle but all i see is unity and organization and i plummet and i choke for what is it about your arresting air your debonair nonsense  pouring like rain in the desert i long for disorder and all i see is serenity let the waterfall crash, let the storms scream let them in and i bid them welcome for at least i can pledge my troth to one unsteady phenonemenon after another until something comes to truly sweep me away for good

Frothy happiness bubbling like champagne Carrying me abreast a wave of silver flame Which swells and swells until my heart would burst And I balance in the precipice, my wings unfurled Soigne and curious, like a dapper dancer My emotions flit and fly, in private they concur That this new ball, this splendid shining thing Deserves a worthy response, more than just a confettied fling And so we clasp our silken hands and we laugh Aloud and with careless shrieks Until we melt into faerie wilderness and foreign heat A strange, contorting writhe, like a dragon's prance Colors blur into pastel obscurity Nothing but green, green, and goldish white I see nothing but your eyes in mine As the water shivers on your star-studded eyelashes They tremble, and I fall.