green eyes

morning sunlight filtered
through phosphorescent eyes.
night-time savannah felines

squint beside supernatural circles
struggling at once to see
one million years of starlight.

passing through gates
not aflame last night, instead
colored line on a boat hull
where the water ends and sky begins

morning sunlight filtered
through frosty panes.
dime-sized wallpaper blazes

pale beside cheek bones and jaw lines
remembered as soft blonde waves
and unquenchable tangle.

collapsed as the invisible thumb
compressed nostrils, lips
lazy tongue swallowed sour mouth
then the tearing of adhered skin