on the sleeve of clarity,  
i sought a place extending.  
amidst an earthly terrace -  
   
unable to breathe.  
   
i surrendered to him 'neath a gilded horizon    
where velvet cattails crossed their swords.  
tempting my lips to purr -  
   
captivation arose.  
   
after his shadow unraveled my song  
whispers of amour were chased afar  
nourished not, nor to be sworn -  
   
reflecting nuance, he is a polished stone.    
   
my trembling oath goes untold  
a sun-kissed curse, i gathered from his field,    
vast and full, a hoard of sharpened quills  -    
   
my mind seeks along a ragged ridge.  
   
star-wounded skies beseech -  
a man, a woman, a thrill  
i attest in knowing,    
   
rain erodes indefinitely, darling.    
   
come lie with me, before the moon pales,  
among the withering blooms  
allow our lips to savor this -    
   
poetry bound in runish thorns.