A Kingdom Majestically Erecting

Letters in neon lights and technicolor– I learned your name through

the murmurs traveling in sonic waves

arriving with reservation at my amygdala. A shimmering decadence

unfolding within your crystalline iris. From a corner,

imbibing on effervescent hopes

I threw in the fishing line and caught

the wildest game around. To adore you from afar

reminds me of deciphering constellations

underneath the blistering

heat of unsupervised youth yearning for

the cool embrace of distant stardust. I see the freckles

sprinkled throughout the uncharted territory of your

unaware heart. The days before you are

a kingdom majestically erecting

in a united nation. We govern

under the rule of arduous creeds

around the districts of your never-ending

legs and bountiful hair strands

which I now use

to navigate the distance between my fervor and

the spaces between each of your fingers

just waiting to be filled

with the unexpected sensation

of completion. Of hours

clinging to the minute marks

and of conversations filled

not with words, but substitutes for

silence— glances, gazes and glistening

grit. Venture with me

around this untamed

wilderness

as conquerors of

the intersecting channels

that are our blood vessels

intertwined as one

Pangea.