Pluck them, please, and place
each petal on the path—they’re
the bridge between us.
SCORPIO 2020
I see you: so set,
outstretched. Save it. He’ll always
be seasons away.
LIBRA 2020
Thanks for reminding
us that darkness needs a hand
to hold, just like light.
VIRGO 2020
It’s ok to cry
over your arms of grain—nothing
feeds you like She does.
LEO 2020
Let the vacuum of
your lungs, mute, lure us—it’s not
your roar we’re here for.
CANCER 2020
Washed up the walls of
a tossed summer boat, we wait—
silver spills us out.
GEMINI 2020
She’s not the Other,
not your sister. She is you—
the you who needs you.
TAURUS 2020
It’s when you are your
most patient that the Sun can
rise through you—please, wait.
ARIES 2020
We’re grateful for the
shine you share but, dear, keep a
skein, or two, for you.
PISCES 2020
Venus delivered,
don’t forget that muscle is
for you to fall for.
AQUARIUS 2020
If, among the Gods,
your ears ring, please come down—the
flock still calls your name.
CAPRICORN 2019
You’re made for mountains
and surf, but, what happens when
you’re left to the wind?
SCORPIO 2019
When it’s time to get
your whetstone, please remember,
we all have to eat.
LIBRA 2019
I heard the things that
can’t be held, hold us—I know
your arms are tired.
VIRGO 2019
It takes a lot to
turn your back—someone has to
be the last to leave.
LEO 2019
Is it a sickle?
Shiny armor? Or touch-me
golden fur, a smile?
CANCER 2019
You weren’t meant to
hold the moon up—just cradle
her, when she comes down.
GEMINI 2019
It’s not that there are
two of you; it’s that we’ve not
been unfolded, yet.
TAURUS 2019
Your crown an open
gate. Nodding, turning over
things you long to touch
ARIES 2019
The sun where you’re hung
on the line makes you golden.
No King has that touch.