polaris

and how the seas roiled,
the skies turned black and fell,
winter wind cut deep
into the bones--veins
knotted, braincase melted,
the taste of regret
 
lodged in my esophagus...
 
 
but love endures.
 
love is placid, patient, pure.
 
*
 
and tonight i'm her knight in tinfoil -
 
smiling in my sleep,
even in my dreams
 
i kneel to her everlasting light.