mellow

I feel you,
ghost shoulders and willow ribs
spine like a gliding sail
guiding an ignorant core.
Your thoughts move like a webwrapped hornet twisting in the breeze
angry and graceful,
Anything but eternal.
I feel you,
musty cotton and grimy skin
scars from your first time at the rodeo
half-lights glowing off the rainy pavement
Proud how we are not made to last.
I feel you,
poison colors in spilled gasoline
sweet antifreeze, happy headaches
oxytocin withdrawal, magic eye memories splattered across the back of my retina
I feel you,
unexpected sharpness like something diamond-finished
I feel you like the end of a scream,
hoarse, adrenaline-high
woozy, powerful
Unwavering and so self-conscious
This is joke-confidence
Buried in the only handful of soil there is in this city.