neil decker

 

lunar

from velvet moons
i watch lasers tremble and flicker
as sirens soar over digital heartbeats
frenzied and fluttering
pumping heat
through plumes of cooled ash
tracing out dingy constellations above the sound

an abandoned glass
swaying back and forth
upon a dark wooden sea
dancing with the storm
until finally spitting up

your laugh echoes

and the night sneaks away with the memories
until we wash ashore naked in sandy-hued sheets of sun-warmed cotton