Erasures, John Lyons (acrylic on paper)
No destiny other than words
actions carved from light
narratives from the heart
a domicile of tenderness
lovers blood-partnered
and bound by skin and bone
marigolds for all seasons
soft whispered caresses
in the blind crucible of space
in which dying stars
plead with the universe
for a peppering of kisses
for an exemption
from the death of energy
a prorogation of love
amid the lucid silence
the flotsam and jetsam
of old persuasions
John Lyons