Nov
8
I am lighter when I breathe
deep and feel your helium
love fill me
Then, sinking back
into myself as it escapes
I am nourished and enlivened
Filling me like a drug
as it starts to come on
working its way through
my veins and into my mind
Your soft intoxication
dulls the edges of my grief
yet sharpens the clarity
of my purpose
I close my eyes and see you
lighter than air
I could wrap you up
in a plastic red balloon
but I needn’t tie you to my wrist
You will always float nearby
