The Unraveling Night

The night opens up

Like a wound

On the waist

Of a heart anchored

Entrant

Of a cross country

Race

Who has split herself

Two ways

Just because she must

Risk

Everything to make

Sense of the

Fathoming of your kiss...

...Watch her,

As she unravels!...

...She who's sworn

To the tide...

...The devilry

In which she dabbles

Enters and exits

My mind...

Nighttime swallows all

The failures...

And the darkness

Hides our shames...

...Cracks a window

On what's tailored

For the masses

To sustain...

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2018

Bunny Villaire