Juvenilia

Belly Button Hairs

                                      for my lover

We have known each other to be gentle
In the intemperate tempests of rage
Edging on

Sputtering each sliver of syllable
In the intemperate tempests of rage
We have known each other to be gentle

To look into the long struggle
With the intemperate tempests of age
Edging on

So aware, leaning jaw bone stubble
Into the intemperate tempests of the age
We have known each other to be gentle

So full of a lucid elemental
Knowing the loss turns
Edging on

The fine tip of trust to hope
Anchored in the sweet navel swirls
We have known      each to be gentle
Centred on