there was creation

i created my self-portrait tonight. its.....abstractly verbose? snippets.

there were mine
that might be eyes
often lookingblinkingrollingshining
set apart on mine
that might be face
countenance

there were alsos and
anyways i knew comma
brief pause
(but then i didn't, as well as did--a quandry?)
it was but for you
i came to be unfolding

AND THERE WAS SHOUTING IN MY VERY VEINS

as heart burst forth in a song of platelets
little drip
drops of hissing

there were mine
semicolon
that might be yours
.
if time circles then
i am coming closer to
the burning again
i feel the flames lick my skin
i don't want it now
i didn't want it then
.
it was just that i wanted to feel love
just once

something i had always heard
and wasn't sure i knew

it was just that i wanted to feel touch
just once

someone else willingly
willing me

it was just that i wanted
and i didn't want to not

i didn't know
.
this is i; myself
made of eyelashes
irises melanin
two ears red
toboggan blood
cells spinning
oh hair and
fingers in it
these are things
by which some have known
what is like
.me.
.
i am only adjectives
.
i am versed and versatile
.
i want to be ice and dust and burn
.





THIS: ISME SIMPLY
YOU LESS(OR WITHOUT
THAT WHICH YOUR
SPEAKS OF EYES)