tender, tender all of a sudden- i rise from my dreams of the sea to the ebb and flow of your breath this rhythm that i crest caught a feather propelled on a lick of surf this sound that rounds out the heart of a shell, time dissolves to your pulse's tick & i can feel it- buried in the depth of me. you're sleeping- your eyelashes echoing the cusp of the moon & I watch the descent of a single morning-tear. a six-point star -- sideways slipping -- i'm touched by the sheer flush of your skin. tangle, tangled up, joined by a seamless skein, alive to every point of contact