Your Ceremony

Tie me to the ivy

Hang me from the balcony Dance in the sun and watch me

I’m dangling like a deity

I’m angling for your kindness and I’ve been waiting for ages

I saw the day take off her nightdress and fold it over the valley

She showed a ripple of interest

in showing me mercy, for once

in her merciless existence

Time lifts an eyelid Lilac kisses an iris and I rise blinded You take no notice

You grow before me like a garden

All wild and green and bright and open The edges of you are

almost Eden

You dawned on me beneath the archway Applauding me as you cascade Candlelit, abandoned hallways

Take off your shoes

Leave them for me

The fool before your ceremony

Leave them by the door I left ajar for your memory