Rose Gold

rose gold wings

buoyant balloon without string

heart zero gravity

ribcage branches

keeping watchful guard

fragile forbidden forest sign:

no float aways here

*

if not for

blue marble eyes

capturing warm tree sap gaze

hot summer sun chewing lip

eyes screwed shut, all

sharp citrus bite

nerves raw like wounds

*

heart love blind,

writing in braille

that brain can't read

all monolingual dreams

static loud yet lulling,

shushing fussy mind who

whirs like childhood top

threatening to tumble down

*

nervous eggshells in cake batter

whimsical faeries drinking dew

anxious fly flirting with iridescent glass

brought together by chance

rose gold lips smiling shy

new fawn limbs bumping

awkward champagne love bubbling

then rising

flying away

away

away

away