lost love
love floated to me in a cloud of coconuts
crept up to my side and arched its back
purring, I rose to meet it
and we melted into golden dust
and we found liberation.
I never wanted anything more than thisβ
I never even thought to want it.
a rafflesia bloomed before me
the sun spilled its orange guts over the sea.
the jungle rushed forth to meet me
and I rode through it
on a bike with broken mirrors
and left it behind.
I allowed it all to happen
a witness to the love and beauty this universe sheds so indifferently.
I let the water slip through my fingers
didn't drink from it
didn't sit in it
love must flow to stay alive.
I let the love breathe
I let it dance around me
I let it go
and only now do I realise
that I wanted it.