Hush

He smiled
And she
Took his
Grace
Like the
Coming of
Fall
In
Spring

And
Forgave him
His
Imperial gifts
Of painted
Gold
And wings

And took
The bud
Of Summer
Time
As the
Dizzy daisies
Bloomed

Laced her
Throat
With
Silk
And acid
To sing
Of love
And
Moon

She watched
The
Sunrise
Grow dark
And the
Nightfall
Lose it’s
Way

To scrape
Her knees
On chalk board
Floors
And
Wash her
Blood
In clay

His face
Was on
Her
Wall
At night
And Jesus’
In the
Sun

She’d worship
Her body
With his
Picture framed
Smile
And
On her
Knees
For the
Holy One

She’d
Break her
Veins
And wrap
Them tight
With
Barbed wire
And peroxide

And tell
Herself
The pain
Was
The penance
Of her
Pride

He watched her
Grow
And disappear
Upon orchards
Of deadened
Hope

With sunken
Eyes
Of regret
And lust
To fade
Away
In smoke