simple sky (let's swim)

simple sky tonight

glows bluegreenpinkandgold

a shallow coral ocean blooms

above the complicated rooftops

of this almost-dreaming town.

turn off this common gravity, my love:

let us draw a breath together

and dive into the gloaming.

we’ll bring back treasures

scavenged from the rags and ruins

of sunken airships, aluminum ghosts

wrecked amongst the constellations:

ophiuchus and saggitarius—

the healer and the teacher;

aquilus and cygnus—

the eagle and the swan:

all our great birds

all our great magicians

all the hollow bones of flight

waiting to be carved into song.

the wind tucks our clothes

tight against the contours of our bodies,

half-closes our eyes

like we’re all just waiting—

          every sleeping soul 

          in this west-facing town—

waiting to be kissed awake

from centuries of sleep

by this optimistic sunset

on the edge of an ocean of sky.