Butterfly Kisses

Wings in my mouth.
Fluttering on my lips…

And I suddenly find myself out, out,
Overwhelmed, standing
On a vast sandy beach, somewhere...
Warm.
Somewhere. Welcoming and warm.

Sky blue, sandy bleach, all around triumphant.
Trumpets and flags and the sky so blue,
Nectar of summer

So warm...
Baking, just baking in the sunshine.

My eyes seek out the waves,
Rhythmic, like you can really
Trust.

And as I look into them,
Emboldened
I begin to sing,

But my voice turns to sand.

Again.

For a second, there is nothing.

And there I find
In the big big blue blue sky,
A butterfly,

Cobalt,
like a marble, and more
Glorious
than I can possibly
ever
describe…

From another world,
Where we yearn to go,
back, to the birthplace of our hearts,
but
Actually just can't.
Which is a pitiful pitiful shame.

But yeah, glorious,
Like I said.

I'm distracted.
Blinking for a second.

Then back.

Coming back... into...

This butterfly.
Oh yeah, this
Blue blue cobalt blue
Creature, from
Some other world.

And more.
I can't say for certain, but

A thousand butterflies
Did I mention? It was...

Maybe
Ten thousand

Waiting for me,
Waiting, waiting
Just
Waiting to be kissed.

Waiting to be kissed by me.

Can't catch my breath.
This was new.

A face in the sky, and my face
Our cheeks like wings,
Like all fluttering and humming
Buzzing and humming
Our springtime in the pollen
Our moment
Together
Like that's how it's

Just.

Supposed
To be.

The way it's always been
From now on.

In the sky...

I’m just…

Aching.
Aching.

So blue.

And there I find
In the wide expanse
Of a white, salt lake,
A tiny green chameleon.
A little friend.

Crawling into the sand.

Where are all the butterflies now?
Where did everything go?

And there I find
In a pool of tears,
A hand
Not well manicured,
But not neglected...
A hand
Deep in the night,
Grasping

Me again.

Wings in my mouth.
Butterfly kisses,

Never really sure what happened.
Got lost in there somewhere
Still not sure.
Catching my breath.

Me again.

Butterfly kisses,
Somewhere out there
On the beach
So blue.

Gotta get back there and
Find them.
Find them.
So blue.