NESS LESS REST

IF i was nude
without my clothes
wrapped in a blanket
feeling soft and thin
lying on your couch
in an industrial space
where the air is cool
but alive

if you were reading
poetry to me and i
was reading novel excerpts
between

if friends were welcomed
through the lovely living 

space without any of age old 

appropriate hesitations

then the rains would slap
the leaded glass
surreptitiously

then the warmth 

between my legs
under your arms embracing

then the electric wait
before touch is over 

and helpless is real and 

beloved this moment 

of all that there is

then the realized 

infinite tenderness 

so palpable!

the fifth force 

validation so soft! loving! gentle!
so needless of words

then way out there 

with us

in the ness ness 

ness less rest
ness less

be still
my memory revigorate
be kind my love
invigorate
pliable me
pliable you

light finds ways to 

the resting shade

it may be wondrous when it does so 

non-chalant. when shadows flicker around 

these high walls 

candle lit

taper not
sweet memory

carry on bold to the next

 precious life never fail! 

never falter! never leave! 

ever last

be still
be kind. let all past present future lives come 

together here. remarkably

anyone who still dreams
lets go 

of all you ever established
cherished institutionalized
yours

come read your little voice large

 into the clear seche vaulting expanse with us. 

up to the leaded glass high and 

ritual drumming of rain

take off your clothes
wrap yourself in new vetements

 for once you are seen 

you are known 

you are you! you are loved 

explored like these pages

 these words 

these letters inscribed now released

upon breath

to honor the air

this moment 

these words from our bodies our ours!

and forever. unsealed and 

exposed to the element

this is now magick

catch fire and cooled 

by the brick