Antler

Last night I watched you In the beetling dark There was light On my sheets From a pomegranate moon Red blister Silver pools In your lichen eyes Coral bleached to bone Needling And seeding The dark {fleshy pale} I stared so long I watched your erosion Lashes fell, deciduous Oh peeling, dark Dig up the garden With an antler for a fork Collect Collect 6 stones, smooth enough to skin Press your lips to the cracks in the soil Whisper, come back She'll leave you Swallow them whole Slipping through your fingers Stand on your head by the fireplace Water running up the hill Till the ground darkens And the plants bleed out In the dark