Blue Candy

Once, sunlight made their curls
into glowing blue candy
a sticky gem in my palm

Sour sugar on lips, I still find
love notes hidden here & there.
& tucked between our jars of
Chamomile and Whiskey

How I missed them
When they were high
A Dark Mare carried them
to some distant mountain peak

by noon
walking away becomes wearisome
yet I vowed to one day
exist to someone, somehow

How their whole world was a
Blue Candy
They baked
Possessed in the night
so they wouldn’t drink at the party
Tomorrow

Streetlights reflect in rancid
puddles, containing little fishes &
Sunken pirate ships, waving
Sea grass, in blue candy.

Little oceans took them away from me,
Time & time again

Walking away becomes wearisome,
& yet I vowed to exist some day,
somehow.

Summer 2022