Armature Scripture

Sometimes my left side tells me
that I'm coming on too strong
like a tidal wave of too good of intentions
and my right side wishes that these
waves would do nothing more but turn
into roses or maybe
rhododendron
or things like romance that float singly
in the air and travel to your lips,
slip into your mouth
fall down your throat
and reside in your lungs
only to be evicted when you decide
to let it all draw out in one long
elated sigh

But be careful what you sigh for
because you could easily float away
and I'm just at a love letter's length
waiting at your door step
with a paper and two pens
just in case one runs out of ink,
so take these words and eat them;
I really am willing to write forever
if it meant you would
stay
to taste every single word
for I am nothing but a poet
and soon you'll have met another
but touch me while I'm here
and I'll stay

I'll write
I'll reason
I'll ask why
this is why I write
to transcend the syllables,
the rhymes,
and the similes like metaphoric smiles
this is why smiles cacoon
and metamorph into gorgeous frowns
and frowns might protect
us better from the rain
but with smiles we can catch the heaven's water
and drink it
so let us have a toast
cheers to this here
divine ink
that fuels the official documents
of divine intervention.

I've squeezed stardust
and the juice of greek fireflies
and I've pulsed them into ink,
and I let it run from my heart
through my veins
into my pen,
and on the paper of skin.
so read it
and believe it
just as you believe in magic
and hold onto it like
a diamond holds onto carbon
because Lord knows you are
invaluable.
Hold onto this like the sky
holds the sun and the moon
and I will hold onto you
like the ocean holds
pastels, and hydrogen
and infinate secrets.
Hold onto me
and I will keep you
forever.