young wife

i keep you in the cataracts

inside the blindness of my eyes

oh celestial body

barricade this blown out divide

and with your hands that built the roof

set the tea in the kettle to brew

i made my soul good by trusting the bees

i made my life simple by learning what i can't keep

in ribboned and colorful ways

i learned to compromise with 13 teeth pressed to my side

i

i am your young wife

i am your young wife