Saturday, March 7, 2015

Nineteen with no tats

Nineteen with no tats
Through tinted specs
They don't see you like I do

The butterflies
A shoulder to hip cascade
Purple wings and blues

The fleeting ravens 
Soaring ephemeral on your arm 
Inky black

A leaf on the wind 
Caught in the breeze of your step
Paint stained tears

Le je ne sais (pas) quois
Dessous votre cœur
Notre stylo violette

The music notes
Dancing on reverb wrist
Twinkling copper dust

The robin 
Forever shoulder perched
Tittering a sea-green tune

The ring
Curled tight around your finger
Infinite shades of promise

I see you 
The platitudes of uninked skin
Let's write all our favourite songs




- Happy birthday Princess


 (Published in Pankhearst's Fresh November 2015 Issue.)

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