Sleeping in friends random condominiums
evacuated for renovation
El Cajon silently drifting outside the windows
Monarchy has returned to its land as a beggar
hiding in dark corners of the palace
unknown in sight
hazy in memory
When this land was of my loves footsteps
we walked together as gods lay their assured feet against the ground
when this land was of my loves eyes
we saw beyond every form into realms of mana
when my heart was my lovers earthly desire
her kingdom was not so estranged to myself
These hills and their orchards sang in our same key
harmonized as we converted our emotions into sounds
Standing at the shore, the water receding beyond the horizon
The ocean of our love
a memory lapping my ankles
as death and destiny overtook my rage and evaporated a history of difficulty
I am left nameless, speechless
at the door of wonder
ageless and trying to enter eternity
recalling every tiny placement on the alter abandoned to the dust