Tempest
Silver clouds have gathered
from my wrist to my heart.
I hear the beckon
the call
to continue
once more
down the tempest path.
I'd swallow those lightning pills
that make my body shake
or inhale that violent wind
which floated so mercilessly beyond my swollen eyes.
My hands are inflamed
bejeweled
and broken
yet I know no other way of doing things.
Of expecting life.
Rain-
oh sweet rain,
fall forth
from my fingertips to my eyes
let me revel in your sweetness
the honey of everything beautiful and loathsome to be placed upon my tongue.
Let me unravel
beyond this kingdom of crumbling castles.
Let me whisper
with my hands stretched out
like to sky.
Let me say all that is forbidden
inside this tempest tonight.
Let me be filled with wisdom
to write these words down with pride.
Let me be wild
and sultry for this violent predator
who taps at my window glass
and whispers its forbidden song to my past its wild winds.
Let me go with you tempest
on the wind
far
and
wide.
I would surrender
all to you
and live
contentedly within your whimsical embrace.
Allow me tempest
to follow you
for tonight
as I am
I have no where else to go.