John's Birthday

Like.
Wrestling with…
Parallel
Bars; shapes.

That…
I did -
Did his;
His terms descending.

Inverted.
Invented listening;
Against and with
His fortitude.

What in between
Pleasure.
Gives.
Gives his eyes…
(Backwards.)
Body in shadow.
And shadow
Round.
Its; my.
His force
Between
With.
And Again.

Close again.
Corner -
Pale light.
As between two lit refugees.
Our
(Moving force).

Rolling in grass.
Eyes seeing light between.
Between each blade.
Here is his sound,
Along
With mine;
(are) Bodies.
Toes.
Head against back.
(In my head -
here) (in our
heads) Sweat.
Sky. The smell
Of you.

To
Feel it.
Words,
Not the thinking.
Space between
Two lit refugees.
From for
Seeing.
To become
At last.
In, here -
To feel it.

I, examine.
Examined.
Further than
The presence of.
Fire, channels,
Drafts.

Places of power.
Duality of cause.
To say a bond.
Along.
And then

His are.
This (longing)
Forward.
Then ever.
Turn.
Back
And again.

The green and yellow.
That gloss;
That you see it
Before you.
(Eyes)

Your eyes.
In gripped
Thoughts
Between there and here.
In my (our) imaginations…
And your wish
To convey; utter;
Seeks, obtains
Everything at once.
Always
For the first time.

Today. There as here.
Across…
The breaths.
Fall down
Onto.

The closing
Of the eyes.
And arm;
A hand.

Rest, then space
Concludes and begins;
A day.
The day.
Days.

Hand through.
Grasp.
Liken.
For you seeing,
Seeing like this:
Heart
A breath.
Now.
And then you…

In lives.
I know,
Writing this
That now…
And you,
And further.
Til we see
Mt Warning
And stop in the grass;
Means more than…
Than any day
Ever could.

These small
Thoughts for you
On your birthdy.
As a gift
With my love as always,
- Chad


Chad Witt

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