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 flesh to warm my soul in the star of your heart. I had thought I loved, that family and fidelity were the center. I was thrown to a seaContinue reading “Swallowed by the Sun”

Fall Into Light

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 cauldron of your mind as it simmers, the fragrant steam a scent of secrets and pain. I will amalgamate your soul, An inexorable pressure. Lies will leak from our mouthsContinue reading “Fall Into Light”

Gealach an Cuerna

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 succor. I rise in your nights and set in your days. Waxing bright and beguiling, I illuminate dark secrets. Waning, wrapped in black velvet and a silver smile, IContinue reading “Gealach an Cuerna”