June 2017 – I.O. Kirkwood

Swallowed by the Sun

I have traveled from island to city, a stranger, an outsider. I search for home, the promise of acceptance offered. I would give my

You relinquished your charcoal heart to my care. I have smudged my fingers in your darkness, tasted the ashes of your loneliness. I stir the

I am your moon; A subtle force that affects your tides; A satellite to whom you turn and divine The mysteries of amour, ardor, and