Defy.

when flesh is enough
words outside of the body
will they find their way




(c) Heather Brager 6.23.2010

One night.

sound slides through
the unoccupied atmosphere
a possibility murmurs
its vexing blend of tantalization
and all at once
mingles effortlessly amid smoke and sex
their separated psyches are far ahead
of fears left abandoned
there is syncopated rhythm
in their fibrous simplicity
between resolve and ache
and issues of human trust
the story of two bodies
and minds divided right and left

the horizon lies sediment down
at eighty miles per hour
leaning on remnants
pushing away the feckless ones
and all at once
one night is another
pallid and layered sunrise
belting out every lost direction
in the voice of Nina Simone


(c) Heather Brager 6.13.2010

White noise.

when the echoes end
and warmth is enough to hold
thought wrapped in the sheets

talking in your sleep
the ceiling fan is humming
warning of daybreak

tenderness begins
it's all part of the same thing
outside of our terms

(c) Heather Brager 6.2.2010