Slow Fade

It’s not about what you have but
what you’ve lost
& the sun sliding down the silk sleeve
of a sky the color of boiling kool-aid
                                                                w/a seacloud halo

bought & paid for
w/a spoonful of Martian sand

Pnuematic petals
threaded w/blades of sunlight
leaving this
distance between you
& every other light in the crash
ing (look
your little heart tumbles) glare
                                                                just now starts to dissolve
                                                                into blue blue nadas

An ocean breeze competes w/the
traffic on Hwy 1 for our
eternally divided attention

Breathing in the damp twilight
fog is like unraveling a rain puddle
in your sleep