Submission

God filtered through rain,

six color promise.

The sun he forged

burning my toast from

the immunized difference

between us.

My promises are colorful too.

Purple promise to my husband,

to love the landscape of

his judgments.

Red promise to absorb his kisses,

squeeze mine out on his

body like a lotion.

Yellow promise of waiting

for him in the gaps.

Summer

The tree wears a brace.

Summer is only half southern.

Among the roses

atoms splitting.

I reach through torn air.

Past it –

a gummy planet.

My life will live on

without me.

Hair and schedules

are only shells.

Nothing stands well

against the climate

of persnickety evil.

The tree’s chi sinks into

its roots.

The roses,

meanwhile,

fire their hopeful signals

at random.