three steps - backward

i.

i need a chair

   and 6 pieces of paper

      a wall to write on - a full moon hanging

      from a peeling window

      come soon before the sun

      blinds us to what

      we have written

    ii.

    i have decided

       against the burgundy shades

          there are so many stories below- people moving

          i want to join them, but

          there is an unmade bed

          and burgundy

          is guarding the door

                                                                     

iii.

will you sit next

   to me like a warm tidal pool

      it is good to be wet - you and i, we

      were born mer-mates

      counting on pearl stars

      so afraid to

                                           be human

bkmackenzie

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