Smile like a flower
Absorbing light
Reflecting it back
To me on a cold
Dark night
In my mind's eye
When seeming alone
Listening for thiefs
Breaking in
Stealing my contentment
I think of your smile
My power to generate it
Reciprocate
Restores my own
Gives me sure step
Strength to carry on
This morning
An unwanted gift
What to do with it?
Keep in the closet
Under the bed
Garage sale
Door stop
Plant pot
The kindest thing
To give it back
Don't give it
Away
Feeling frivolous
Drowning in many words
I invite her in
To swim in the
Whitewash
Or else
She is too smart
Throw me a life ring
My bubbly personality
Giving me a hangover
Neurodivergent mother
Sweet as a soft drink
Filled with warm air
Drink sparingly
Eve forever
Grieved for
Wanting to
Partake of it
Hanging low
Beside me
I reach out
Touch
It shys away
Flinching as if
Bruised by
Idea of me
Still shiny red
Swaying
In the breeze
I rest
Hungry though
Satisfied
In its shade
Dozing
Try again
Next week
How our thoughts
Clouded by
Morning mist
Pervading sigh
Spilling whiteout
On a love note
Opportunity
Dissolves
Thief steals in
Dormer window
Just to fall
Two flights below
Invitation lost
Or expired last week
All refusals feared
Turning other cheek
Tell her everything
Never to her face
Conversation light
Lest she leave in haste
Swimming endlessly
In those two blue pools
Telling everyone
That we're playing cool
Let the eyes caress
That's a subtle tip
Never touch her face
Never kiss her lips
Such a high bar raised
Neck is craned above
Weary heart knows how
Not to be in love
Stone cold metropolis
Gruelling southern front
Shades of grey surround
How many colours blue
Can one feel
Without you?
Of utmost importance
To gravitate towards
Such a warm affectionate
Lover kissing skin pink
By evening
Sting but turns earthy
Tones as memory of her
Softens
Always the simple things
My silver eye spies
Seeing you always
Makes my heart fly
The way it feels
Sitting next to you
The world spins
The other way
Or so it seems
Standing in the kitchen
The truest feeling
Like fresh baked cake
Deliciousness
The way you make
Me feel
Like a small child
Not wholly in control
Holding onto
A waterballoon
Dancing in my hands
Giggling expectantly
Until tripped
Then burst
Tears swell
Over tattered peel
In flamingo pink
How my heart feels
When you leave
I can't throw
My arms around you
Dazzlingly obvious
Tux with tails
At barn dance
All eyes are glued
When you don't
Have a clue
Stepping on toes
Missing joke cues
Smiling nodding
Run to the loo
Difference is stark
Though some place
Inviting
All queer folk
Tell my heart
Is smiling
Perched between barren landscapes
Far as the eye squints
In the distance
Microscopic life dawns
In open spaces unseen
How we relish the resilience
Of some tiny show
Of leaves stalk reaching
Up for sunlight to ignite
It's open tongued grooves
Into being
Yet we find normalised eugenics
Those who exist between the lines
Of normativity collectivism
Turned aside by one
Derided by two
Abandoned by three
Many mouths to feed
Better defend protect
Turn inside out
Than let another
Take the mantle
When the woman till
Ten works then sleeps
A superior breed
To exist in such
Harsh remote conditions
Of isolation
Yet to grace the pages
Of top ten endemic list
For protection
Women and children
Survival of our species
Count the stars of heaven 