The definition of a love knot

One phrase joins and licks at the next

Which is also the start

Of an infinite loop, an unending test

5 am tea in the dark.

As the routine ignites again

I tie up my robe,

forgetful of socks, untrained

To notice my cold.

Swirling love knot patterns

With milk in morning tea

I imagine you touch my forearm,

But it’s just first sunbeams.

Knot winds around to eat its own tail

Please no more dark when morning unveils.

Gorman

Gorman

doe-skinned mountains meet

sunglasses with light pink frames

i lift my eyes back up from sleep

california wilds untamed.

Si jeunesse savait, si vieillesse pouvait

fluorescent field-flowers writhe

under the wind, dance like Salomé,

impressed, we take to hills and climb.

out of breath and burning gasps,

your hands create effortless rings

we settle deep into tall, dry grass

warm-and-pink light trawls, haloing.

between these hills, rivers, ravines
i look for something clean.