raising you from the dead

the breath of life
coming through your mouth
is dripping
tear-shaped
all lines of dry blood become wet
and they flood backwards
into your hair
what is that sound
your broken face fusing back
into beauty
restores bones and faith
with creaking and crackling
the light bursts from your chest
into the world
transcending the flesh
unbroken
as all the angels rejoice because you live
even if everything dies

Poems for Jeffrey, 2023

when everyone is sleeping
I am awake
breathing in silence
and waiting for you
to enter my bed
and my soul
waiting for you
to tell me
that you forgot about the world
and the moon
and I will tell you fantasies
with one hand over your eyes
one hand over you heart
it’s all good
it’s all right

Poems for Jeffrey, 2023