What It Feels Like Outside of Valhalla

Beyond Aubade

after the night swings, dip through the milk and i
feel for a fast force that i lease on the hour. and i'll tumble through
the light swatches and grey-stuffs, mid-air.
i can switch you with water-falls, eyes flush as mirror-pools, dreams flesh and warm, on and off. and i
i wonder at charms like that, ripple like that, christen you under my hands.
and this isn't happening
this isn't happening
not like in my books on the shelf.
and i'll watch you breathing it in.

Caesura

just stop. wait for it under heavy lids, lorelei cries out their names. and you
you were not for me like i understood. and you
you were just one of them, just like before. and you
you and i can't believe symbiosis as it stands.
and we'll put on paper gloves.
and we
we'll laugh and play our games.
fold them and toss them aside
know when it's time to go home.
and you
you, I could not understand, would not comprehend.
and we
we can't let this go.
i can't let this go.
just keep on reaching, it's cool. just keep on dreaming with me,
just keep on
just keep on loving it too.
and you
you were not for me like i understood.
can't let this go.

Dream: Act III

the light falls in shadow-blues all over again.
drape it on thick like a fog. i liked it behind the safety glass.
and was it sweet just like me?
was it just candy for free? and am i still honey
just tell me i'm still from the hive.
and tell me this is not what i see. tell me that this isn't you.
i'll just close my eyes and walk away. i'll just go back home
and pretend.
i'll just close my eyes and walk away.
i'll just close my eyes.
this isn't what i understood.
and dreams they can seethe like the sun.