I want to ponder longer

Long long pondering

Wondering about wonder

A capacity as clear as day

In young Sami’s eyes

Before he spoke

And just after he knew he was singular

If I watch you hard and long

Unblinking, steady as a stare

I can actually see you move

Nearly full in a rock blue sky

Inch by inch filling gaps in the tree tops

You rise to light the dark

And I,

Nothing but head and heart for a month or more

All full of thought and desire

Must learn again to stand

To wake this mass of sleeping muscle

To walk and even dance

Under the moon and into tomorrow.

You are all cake, my honey

Moist and firm just enough

Sweet to the lips

I could take you whole

As you hold on to me

Separate joys

In our entirety

I become the boy

And you the girl

Of then

And when

And always.

© Armell

Don’t put a name on me

Of man or woman

Or even humanity

God or star

Unthing me

And I you

To walk unlocked

And noun ourselves no more.

© Armell                   

Should I desire more than fire needs air

Than the sea needs sunlight

Or than ice needs a temperature

They get what they need

All without desire

There wasn’t a wind in Delhi that day

When currents from the hot earth

Caused the leaves to sway

So relentless the heat

So motionless I sat

So vague seemed the figures

That passed thru the park

Dry vapors of dust

Filled the air at noon

A bit past thirty I was

And just days til full moon.

© Armell